Anti consumerism
Resources to Decrease Consumption
The Cheapskate's Guide to Computers and the Internet Using various resources online to avoid consuming and spending money.
Basic Life Skills Master Post A bunch of links to Youtube videos on life skills you can use that don't require you to call a service or purchase something new. (pt 2)(pt 3)(pt 4)
Southern Savers How to Coupon 101
@DollarTreeDinners Unique and affordale recipes
@kikiroughcheap, flexible, and affordable recipes to get you through the post-Trump times
<p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20250902005607/https://emilylightly.com/2020/10/how-to-start-sewing-your-own-clothes/">How to Sew Your Own Clothes</a> A guide for beginners</p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYqyxCweb8o">storifulcreations In depth altering oversized jeans how to || 5+ inches off the waist and maintaining natural hem
</article>Avoiding Consumerism
Amazon's prime day is a great example of deceptive marketing tactics to get us to buy more. With the illusion of getting "big discounts". In reality these items are sold at this same discount or even lower throughout the year. But media pushes the message that we're getting a huge deal and need to buy now before it all goes away. These are deceptive marketing tactics such as
- false scarcity: pretending that the resources are limited when there are infact plenty.
- false markups: listing the original price of something as higher than it has ever been listed as in order to create a fake discount.
- urgency: making sales only last for a limited amount of time decreases the amount of time for the consumer to decide if they really need to purchase this item.
Sources:
Bartering and Resource Sharing
Make use of your network and community to find free trade or mutual aid groups to trade what you have for what you need. If you don't have one in your community you can easily make one on google sheets.
Sources
- @sprig-story Taking Back The Power of Communities With Swapping/Exchanging
- 20 Best Black Market Trading Items
- 250 Items You Can Barter After The Collapse