I will not, in fact, fuck off with them. You can recognize a poor system, but not use that as an excuse for shitty individual behavior. Always try to be better, always try to make better purchasing decisions. Buy used, buy refurbished, don’t engage with poorly written books and movies written by transphobes. You really cannot compare purchasing things you need to live to purchasing entertainment.
Cool. Fuck off. I do not care about the myopic judgments of a hypocrite.
There is no ethical consumption under capitalism. Fuck anyone who judges others for simply trying to enjoy their life.
I’m not comparing anything to things people need to live. I know 100% it is entertainment. What you have failed to grasp is that no one has any right to judge others for their media consumption. I guarantee the media you consume also tangentially supports horrid organizations through the convoluted system we live under. Somewhere along the chain you have enabled the exploitation of someone, somewhere. That is the nature of the system we live under. This fact is inescapable.
So fuck off blaming the individual for what is a systemic problem. Emphatically, go fuck yourself and your opinion on this matter.
Systemic problems existing isn’t a catch all excuse that means you can do anything you want, fuck the consequences. If you knowingly support bigotry and hatred, I and all other trans people I know are not safe around you. The things you buy have different impacts, you can make choices in your life that matter, actually, even within the context of capitalism. We can definitely all look back at things we purchased that in hindsight we probably shouldn’t have. In particular the yearly-release model smartphones have taken is particularly wasteful and the materials used to manufacture them are supplied significantly by slave labor. I also don’t think it’s reasonable to throw your hands in the air and say “ah but there is no ethical consumption under capitalism, that means it’s okay for me to buy the newest iphone, every single year!”. I regret purchasing a steam deck for the same reasons. While obviously it’s obvious that slave labor is much more significant than JK Rowling and her bigotry, it’s the same logic. When you learn that something you spend money on is funding bad shit, the correct course of action is to do whatever you can to not spend money on said bad shit. I’m not judging people for having been Harry Potter fans, the judgement is on that refusal to reflect and course-correct their behavior. It’s spineless.
I will not, in fact, fuck off with them. You can recognize a poor system, but not use that as an excuse for shitty individual behavior. Always try to be better, always try to make better purchasing decisions. Buy used, buy refurbished, don’t engage with poorly written books and movies written by transphobes. You really cannot compare purchasing things you need to live to purchasing entertainment.
Cool. Fuck off. I do not care about the myopic judgments of a hypocrite.
There is no ethical consumption under capitalism. Fuck anyone who judges others for simply trying to enjoy their life.
I’m not comparing anything to things people need to live. I know 100% it is entertainment. What you have failed to grasp is that no one has any right to judge others for their media consumption. I guarantee the media you consume also tangentially supports horrid organizations through the convoluted system we live under. Somewhere along the chain you have enabled the exploitation of someone, somewhere. That is the nature of the system we live under. This fact is inescapable.
So fuck off blaming the individual for what is a systemic problem. Emphatically, go fuck yourself and your opinion on this matter.
Systemic problems existing isn’t a catch all excuse that means you can do anything you want, fuck the consequences. If you knowingly support bigotry and hatred, I and all other trans people I know are not safe around you. The things you buy have different impacts, you can make choices in your life that matter, actually, even within the context of capitalism. We can definitely all look back at things we purchased that in hindsight we probably shouldn’t have. In particular the yearly-release model smartphones have taken is particularly wasteful and the materials used to manufacture them are supplied significantly by slave labor. I also don’t think it’s reasonable to throw your hands in the air and say “ah but there is no ethical consumption under capitalism, that means it’s okay for me to buy the newest iphone, every single year!”. I regret purchasing a steam deck for the same reasons. While obviously it’s obvious that slave labor is much more significant than JK Rowling and her bigotry, it’s the same logic. When you learn that something you spend money on is funding bad shit, the correct course of action is to do whatever you can to not spend money on said bad shit. I’m not judging people for having been Harry Potter fans, the judgement is on that refusal to reflect and course-correct their behavior. It’s spineless.