Boycotting Capitalism

by C. A. Matthews

I’m waiting to hear some good news about the outcome of the Economic Black-Out that happened this past week. Did record numbers of shoppers stay home—and offline—denying profits to the corporations that have been partners in genocide? I’d like to think so.

I’d like to think that folks shopped locally on Black Friday and didn’t waste their time and money on whatever-expensive-thing the mega-corps are pushing this holiday season, because it’s not like we’re all drowning in money this year. Am I right? What struggling family has anything leftover to spend on frivolous things after scraping up just enough pocket change to buy this week’s groceries? If you can eat whatever you like, whenever you like, and buy without back-breaking interest whatever it is you like, you know you’re truly blessed, don’t you?

But even only a handful of us boycotted the genocide-enabling corporations this week, it was well worth it. It’s always worth it to free one’s soul from the never-ending cycle of consumerism. Face it, we don’t need to own the latest widget or gadget or thingamajig in order to survive. We just need a roof over our heads and food in our bellies. All the rest is superfluous.

And dangerous. How so? If we find ourselves addicted to amassing more and more material goods or lusting after the “latest thing,” we could discover a greed that will never die. The monster of greed will just grow within our soul and grow and grow… Soon, we could find ourselves owning everything and nothing at the same time.

If our lives become nothing but an excuse to shop and spend, very soon we could have an overflowing shed or rented storage space and nobody to share any of the contents with. We won’t have spent much time or effort on relationships. We’ll just have stuff. And stuff can’t snuggle with you on a cold winter’s night or hold your hand when you’re sick or be there when you’re in need of companionship. Stuff just sits around and gathers dust.

Useless, absolutely useless, stuff is, which is why it’s not worth accumulating much of it in the first place. In order to save our precious souls and the souls of others, it’s time for us to stop this destructive accumulation and cult-like worship of stuff, and instead focus our energies on making the world a better and safer place for us all.

That’s why the BDS or boycotting/divesting/sanctioning movement is so vital...

 

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