Edit: Jesus Christ, people. If you buy a $150 Thinkpad made by slave labor instead of a $1,200 MacBook made by slave labor, you’re still supporting a capitalist economy based on slave labor. We all do. We have no choice. The number of smug liberals in the comments saying “well I buy a cheap used laptop” or “well I buy coffee beans and make my own coffee” are completely missing the fucking point.
Don’t tell yourself your consumption is moral. All of us make unethical choices every day because there is no ethical consumption under capitalism. Accept your shame and guilt and let it drive you to do better.
“artificially inflated in value”? I’d like to see someone’s proposal for how they plan on making a high end laptop and a fancy drink made by someone else, which also comes with wifi and a nice place to sit any cheaper.
I wouldn’t buy them but they’re not artificially inflated.
Edit: wait where is the Starbucks? I don’t see it in the pic
Artificially inflated as in the way that the price of a taco at Taco Bell has doubled since 1990 when accounting for inflation. If things were more expensive to pay workers better, people wouldn’t care. But the federal minimum wage is currently set at 2 McDonald’s hashbrowns an hour and prices have increased faster than inflation in most sectors in the chase of infinite growth.
“fancy drink”
Bitch it’s a latte, it’s bean water and milk
Bean Water and Moo Juice
these starbucks mfs are always putting weird stuff in their drinks. I bet it’s almond milk and cream on top or something
Bean water and nut water
“what are you drinking?”
“Mostly water”