Pick a Bigger Weapon

Perhaps this is the biggest problem with capitalism:

Consumers are wildly outgunned.

All the moneyed interests in the world are vested in our increased consumption. There is no power save our own will that weighs in against buying. The only competition is between which thing to buy and never between buying or not buying. We don't stand a chance.

It's this "competition" that gives capitalism it's very real power to arrange and rearrange wealth in a way that creates more wealth, but also in a way that over-exploits resources, ignores human dignity, and diminishes any hope for human equality.

Protests and conscious consumerism are nice but seriously, we need to pick a bigger weapon.