"The assumption behind consumer activism is that we're limited to shopping to express our discontent... effectively saying the neoclassical economists are right: the economy runs on consumer preferences, not exploitation... if there's alienation and environmental misery, it's your fault for buying the wrong things. Yet consumers are also workers who must sell their labor power or lose their homes and livelihoods."
— May 17, 2013 03:11AM
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