Boycotting Big Corporations
I go shopping with my mom on the weekends to spend time with her and because I don't really have much to do. I came to a point recently where I realized I couldn't support these big corporations that have people that aren't paid well or treated well making our trendy clothes while they make the big bucks. Because we will give endless amounts of money to wear the latest styles. I went to Kohls yesterday and just looked at the tags, a new habit of mine. Every piece of clothing was made in a different country than the one next to it. I know I should research something before I assume but when I see certain countries that I can hardly pronounce I can only guess that the person that made those clothes are not paid or treated fairly. Whether thats the case or not, big corporations are still completely evil. Yet people drift around the stores with their empty heads admiring the latest trends specifically made to catch your eye and lure you in. Nobody wonders why our clothes are made in these foreign countries, they don't even think about it for a second. Because convenience is more important than our care for others remotely. I'm not saying people that buy clothes convienently are horrible people, but they are supporting horrible people whether they realize it or not. The clothes I'm wearing now are probably all from big stores and companies and honestly it took me a long time to think about it and hear about it and realize that I should not be supporting that. That if my clothes are made in Bangledash or Indonesia or somewhere, something isn't quite right there.
So even though it might be hard to resist cute clothes and whatever else, I know that people's lives are more important that materialism. I'm going to try hard to support small businesses unless I really need something I can only get at a certain place. And I'm going to investigate the stores that I like that are chains (there a few but not many) and see what their workers' conditions are like if I can. Why haven't more people been doing this? Something about it just seems wrong even when I'm just standing in the stores. I'm afraid I am withdrawling from society a bit and for the right reasons, though it feels very strange...
So even though it might be hard to resist cute clothes and whatever else, I know that people's lives are more important that materialism. I'm going to try hard to support small businesses unless I really need something I can only get at a certain place. And I'm going to investigate the stores that I like that are chains (there a few but not many) and see what their workers' conditions are like if I can. Why haven't more people been doing this? Something about it just seems wrong even when I'm just standing in the stores. I'm afraid I am withdrawling from society a bit and for the right reasons, though it feels very strange...