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Myself, I am becoming as much "anti-consumption" as possible. I am removing myself from capitalism, as much as possible.
I still have to eat, of course, so I buy food. But I don't buy food from corporations. As an example, I don't buy anything from Nestle, nor from any big corporations. Gadgets and tech, I will be avoiding as much as possible, and if I do find myself needing to buy, I will do so but not from the usual corporations.
Social networks: only lemmy and mastodon sometimes. Fuck reddit and instagram and facebook. Don't have an account there and never will. I don't go there anymore.
I try to keep a "solarpunk" attitude. I do things for the good of the environment. I do/will-be-doing things such as composting, reducing the use of plastic, avoiding cars.
I am also trying to get people on board with my view of things, but I haven't been much successful. I think principled people are very rare. People just don't care.
Same. I stopped buying most things. I haven't ordered anything online since 2019. I wouldn't say I do it to "fuck over the powerful," though. I can't imagine they care too much. Interacting with companies just became more and more toxic, until I couldn't be arsed to do it - beyond the bare minimum. There are a few exceptions, but I can already see the enshittification starting with those too.
This^ I’m doing the same thing. Everything that was hyped and “everyone is doing it” since the late 90s….. just stopping all of that. Going to causal mode, not off grid, just going with the flow with the bare minimum.
I don't buy any US brands as I get the Aldi version instead.
Same. My spending is one of my biggest voices