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selamat-linting · 4 months ago

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buy local except youre in a global south country so your phone are technically locally made because the metals are found literally several provinces over and the assembly factory is located on the next island.

#textposts #buy local is such an incoherent slogan honestlt #yea sure do what you can to reduce your impact. i support that. im not actually against it #HOWEVER #when someone said they buy things at a local bakery... where did the grains to make the flour came from #where did the fruits like mangoes and raspberries and pistachios and the chocolate made to top their favorite pastries came from?#when someone buys snacks from local farmers markets... do you think the olive oil and the corn used in those snacks are free from #global trade and invisible lines of exploitation domestically and abroad?#when someone buys from a local artist... can you be sure the materials are handmade or do they just order off some factory to make their #acrylic charms and plastic trinkets #idk. i think feeling good about buying local is fucking stupid. youre not and you will never be saving the earth one consumption at a time #no matter how supposedly ethical it is

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