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A Boring Dystopia
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Oh boy is that my passion topic. You know why this doesn't work? Because you as a freaking consumer are not responsible! It's just capitalism that indoctrinates this BS into all of us.
You can't check the ethics of every service and product you consume. Nestlé is actually a good example. Yeah they suck. But so does every other nutrition mega corp. Don't believe me? Check out how ethical "Danone" and "Kelloggs" is. Now go grocery shopping and avoid these three companies. Good luck.
It should not be the responsibility of the consumer to ensure that a company does not kill infants, fuel war, engage in slavery etc.
Just think about what you have bought recently. Did you double check the supply chain? Do you really know the ecological food print? Do you know where this stuff has been produced? Which workers, factories, and other entities have been exploited to make these? The scissors that your hair dressers use are most likely unethical.
They play you, because as long as you think "man I'm not the problem, they are" you will never realize that you have to look up to spot the asshole.
Edit: the responsibility of the customer is more like "what contains less sugar," "what tastes better," "what is of better value," "what is produced more locally" etc. Not literally "are they killing babies," "do they engage in genocide" etc.
Companies that are equally rated as bad as Nestlé contain:
Among thousands of others.