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Christmas Presents (midwest.social)

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[–] LordWiggle 2 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (2 children)

Not everyone has the financial space to spend more for a more ethical product. Some are so poor, it's the only thing they can afford. A hamburger is $1 but a broccoli is $5. A Primark shirt is $3 but a fair trade cotton shirt is $35. Many have minimum wages. It's either a sweatshop shirt and a hamburger or a fair trade shirt and no food for a week. When you have more money it's easier to buy more ethical products but sadly people with more money also consume more products and often buy sweatshop products non the less.

[–] shplane 2 points 10 hours ago

Buy second hand at thrift stores and there’s a lot of facebook groups dedicated to giving away free stuff

[–] shplane 2 points 14 hours ago

The poorest people I know seem to make the effort and even support tax increases for social services. The wealthiest people I know cannot be bothered to do the right thing. People just shrug and say “I don’t want to think about that.”