If only there was a way to avoid problems with the supply chain…

Supply chains are worried that [because of the genocide in Gaza] AnsarAllah in Yemen are preventing cargo shipments from timely passing through the Suez Canal, there will be increased prices and shortages of goods. This is a valid concern, but why is this happening?

We have built a culture that values consumption and whiteness above all else. We are expected to buy, buy, buy even when we don’t need what we are buying, or what we own could be repaired or updated. The goods we buy, buy, buy are made by exploited Black and brown workers at factories with few protections and little compensation for workers. Even when we buy “Made in the USA,” these goods are assembled (with parts made by exploited workers in countries with few worker protections) by US prisoners. Who are largely Black, brown, disabled, and poor people. Electronics are manufactured everywhere with at least some of its components coming from the dangerous, unpaid labor of people enslaved in Congo.

All goods are typically manufactured without any respect for the planet or the people.

There is no ethical consumption under capitalism. But… how much would our supply chains be disrupted if we weren’t consuming beyond our means?

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