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We Used to Fight Inflation With Boycotts (jacobin.com)

submitted 2 years ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to c/usa@midwest.social

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In 1973, hundreds of thousands of women took to the street to protest dramatic increases in the cost of meat. Grocery prices are growing at a much faster rate than they were 50 years ago. Why don’t we do the same?

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[–] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 10 points 2 years ago

This. I keep my consumption down to a minimum. Was basically doing that anyway to limit my effect on the planet but now it applies to things that are not even bad for the environment like streaming services. eff them all.