I don't normally talk a lot of politics here. However... In light of the new alliances among the tech bros and the expected changes to things that affect my personal budget, I am on board with a necessary resistance.
People in my income bracket don't have a lot of power, but can choose how to use the little bit that we have. For me, this means choosing very carefully how, where and when I spend the few dollars I have in this game.
For years, I have supported Amazon and Walmart. Amazon probably gets as much as 80% of what I spend in total on household goods and the few "luxuries" I allow myself. That's going to slow way down. Walmart gets most of what I spend for food and toiletries. That's also going to slow down.
The 99% is not very active. Let's change that |
I cannot afford to count on the fairness of the rich, so I will start spreading my pennies locally as much as I can. There are hometown grocers, butchers, and mom and pop general stores. For convenience (and price), I have often neglected those places in order to get the few perks offered by the big boys of merchandise and retail.
Not that anybody with any power is going to hear about this, but I am going to do my small part as a Have Not to protest being used and taken for granted by the Haves and Want More crowd. It's a small resistance, but, if I'm reading the internet "room" right, there are a lot of us. Pennies make dollars and individuals make movements.
By the way, I don't like the way the terms "antifa" and "woke" have been dirtied. I am proudly anti-fascist and everyone should remember that the term "woke" originated in the 1920s or 30s, not just when extremist liberalism hijacked it. So fight fascism and stay woke.
And just so no one misunderstands, I totally support capitalism, but that's not what's happening here. It's only fair capitalism without leveraged "monopolism." Capitalism is only truly capitalism if it is open and fair.
Peace
--Free