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When poverty forces participation in systems you morally oppose

I want to stop shopping at businesses that exploit workers but everything affordable relies on exploitation and I can't afford to shop ethically on my income.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Economic constraints eliminate ethical choices when all available options require participating in systems the person recognizes as harmful.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Gandhian satyagraha and nonviolent resistance?”

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