Late Stage Capitalism
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You're right about almost everything!
Your power is derived from your labor (and your ability to withhold it), not from your consumption. Going on strike/protesting as part of an organized effort is when you discover your true power.
The only way for us to rise is for us to collectivize and smash this exploitative system into pieces. We can do it. We have to.
Labor may be the source of your power, but consumption is how you fritter it away. Trade your labor for subscription plans, little conveniences that prop up the oligarchs, big luxuries like fancy car or home, and you lose your ability to withhold your labor in safety.
Withholding your labor only works if you can recruit a lot of like-minded people, each with their own safe ability to withhold labor. We can get there eventually, but you have to start with yourself.
The best thing you can buy with money is your freedom from having to earn wages to live.