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[–] ChilledPeppers@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

No ethical consumption under capitalism, I scream, at my local farmers market. (Made up quote btw).

But yeah, fuck oil companies, they are real fuckers.

[–] quill7513@anarchist.nexus 0 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Farmer's markets, co-ops, and mutual aid all exist as forms of resistance to capitalism purely by making sure your dollars go to people within your community rather than get captured by the modern company store through Wal-Mart or Target. At the same time though, they are also not everything. It's a whole thing. Nothing anywhere is or can be perfect. The best we can do is the best we can do. I know that sounds like a thought terminating cliche but sometimes it's important to set aside the things you can't control and to focus on the things you can and have faith that the more people that do that the easier it will become to resist the horrors that surround us all

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 4 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

How is a farmers market a resistance to capitalism? It's in the very sprit of capitalism to increase efficiency and remove the middle man

[–] Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 hours ago

Increasing efficiency isn't capitalism; letting those with capital decide is capitalism. If you exclude capital and just do the thing directly, you're resisting capitalism.

[–] quill7513@anarchist.nexus 1 points 4 hours ago

most farmer's markets where i am have a heavy emphasis on community building and resiliency as well as income stabilization for vulnerable people with the bank's sword of Domacles hanging over them. of the three i mentioned, they are the weakest form of resistance but they still have a role to play, which is why Granges put so much work into making sure they are available to non members of the grange