• ubergeek@lemmy.today
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    6 days ago

    People buying less, ie being more risk averse, and not wanting to take on debt, is a net benefit for everyone. Buying less means less ecological impact. Being more debt averse means fewer wage slaves.

    The only people who suffer from “buying less” are corporate owners.

    • oce 🐆@jlai.lu
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      5 days ago

      Definitely agree on the ecological advantage, but the current economical system that provides most of the jobs of people here would deflate, people would lose jobs. Less human activity will always be better for ecology, but there’s probably some activity we want to keep to make our lifes good.

      • pebbles@sh.itjust.works
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        4 days ago

        Kinda wild we can be guilted into buying more because some folks won’t help others unless they profit.

        If only we could all use less and that be the good thing that it obviously should be.