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Cuz you asked me to talk you down here:
If you expand upon the 'trite' phrase "theres no ethical consumption under capitalism" (which itself is talking about how capitalism as a system can not be ethical since any product you buy is owned by a company who "steals" most of the value the workers provide), there is also no ethical work.
in other countries and historically in the us, unions sought not only fair wages and compensation but also representation at the Csuite. The ability to affect the policy of the company.
But that's long gone. How does one who hopes to work for a "ethical" company go about it? What is they are alright but one of their vendors is shitty? A company they choose to contact with? What if they merge with a shitty one 5 years after you start?
I'm saying, if you want to be talked down, How is what you're asking of people even possible? I can't even keep track of who owns the food i buy anymore! Speaking of, these ethical workers are gone burn out studying unethical companies to work at, be sheltered by and buy food from. that reminds me that yeah, there's the whole thing about people needing to work to eat.
Don't blame the little guy, they been using that trick to split us a loooong time. Blame them, those who have the power.
There's no ethical consumption under capitalism. And yet, we're still forced into capitalism, with little choice but to participate or starve. You can object to a system and say that it's unethical, but also necessarily play into that system.
We all gotta eat. Long as there's our current form of capitalism, we all gotta pay rent (or mortgage). Until those needs relax, we're essentially saying "pick between your needs and being a good person." One of our strongest drives is to survive, and so if the only way for some to survive is off the backs of others, it's the inevitable outcome.
Of course we should all be striving to change this. Effective change comes from slow, repeated effort though, not just fruitlessly chasing an ethical job. If you just stay where you are, then that's fine. Do what you can from within, safely. We all do that, and we'll slowly steer this ship.
Europe does have some Union representation in the corporate org structure, fwiw. How much that helps... well... i'm not sure, i haven't seen it up close.