askchapo

Great writeup, thanks for that!

and we all have different strategies for dealing and coping with the knowledge of what nature and humankind suffer to grow us the things we need.

Indeed. For me, the way I found to cope is to try my best to buy food directly from farmers in my community or through local co-ops, but I know this is nigh impossible to most working class people living in urban areas, and it won't reduce the exploitation of people in the global South, or the environmental degradation it entails. That, and supporting people fighting to change the food system from their local reality in any way I can. That's why I made it my career.

When it comes to clothes, I thrift most of what I own, but then again, I'm lucky that thrifting hasn't become expensive where I live yet.