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markodochartaigh

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32. In our conversion from citizens to consumers
Fri Nov 28, 2025, 02:12 PM
Friday

we have lost much of our power. One of the levers of power that we still have is our money as it relates to corporations.

Remember right after Trump's failed coup attempt when a number of corporations said that they would not support politicians who had engaged in cooperation with the attempt to end democracy?
These corporations should have been flooded with calls of thanks from people across the United States. Instead people didn't seem to care. And the corporations went back to supporting politicians "on both sides".


Already long ago, from when we sold our vote to no man, the People have abdicated our duties; for the People who once upon a time handed out military command, high civil office, legions — everything, now restrains itself and anxiously hopes for just two things: bread and circuses.
Juvenal

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Barter. Open your drawers, closets, attics, basements, garages. bucolic_frolic Friday #1
Make something! Hugin Friday #6
"mounds of misfit items" is a good way of putting it! /nt bucolic_frolic Friday #7
Not every American llmart Friday #19
It's not hard. My parents grew up in the depression and I inherited the "cheap" usonian Friday #2
Mark Twain is usually attributed to the quote NotHardly Friday #21
No shopping for us today, none at all. lark Friday #3
This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave Friday #4
Haha! That's a lovely gift! nt babylonsister Friday #10
100,000 people with ten dollars is much scarier than one person with a million dollars. Hugin Friday #5
It's the constant advertizing that most people are exposed to nonstop. PoindexterOglethorpe Friday #8
I have found that "having everything you need" is not about acquiring the correct pile of stuff RockRaven Friday #9
It's like the anecdote of the author who said "I have what he'll never have -- enough." nt eppur_se_muova Friday #13
Absolutely. PoindexterOglethorpe Friday #16
Agreed jfz9580m Friday #26
Take it from us Canadians, it works and our resolve is strong. Bev54 Friday #11
I've practiced voluntary simplicity since the early 1990's. llmart Friday #20
Likewise.... anciano Friday #24
Had planned to...but had to go to Aldi to get food JT45242 Friday #12
I think it's understood that shopping for food is a necessity. llmart Friday #22
Just frustrated in that they never get enough food to feed everyone because they hate leftovers JT45242 Friday #33
Oh, now I get it. llmart Friday #34
No shopping for this guy. lastlib Friday #14
I was hoping your header was sarcasm. nt Exp Friday #15
howdi AllaN01Bear Friday #17
I need groceries pfitz59 Friday #18
Groceries... llmart Friday #23
We should buy less anyway. Envirogal Friday #25
What a terrific post! llmart Friday #35
I don't go out on Black Friday, never have. LisaM Friday #27
Having lunch with my Granddaughter. Lochloosa Friday #28
Every Dollar Is A Vote... ret5hd Friday #29
We never go out on Black Friday Jilly_in_VA Friday #30
Yup Joinfortmill Friday #31
In our conversion from citizens to consumers markodochartaigh Friday #32
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