"maybe corporations arent that bad!"

heyyy welcome to my brain storming opinion blogs again! today i am gonna talk abt what i think abt the deal between small ethical businesses and big non-ethical corporations

i have seen a few people complaining about how, many small ethical businesses, sell their products so expensive, and finding very similar on aliexpress/amazon/temu/wish etc, for way cheaper.

for example, theres a very pretty hello kitty bag made by a small ethical business that you absolutely want : its not even a want its a need (and thats why its a problem but ill talk abt it below). but its 50 bucks, no way you can pay this much for a bag, you dont have enough or you just dont wanna spend that much. so you're looking at the shops i listed on the above, and you find a very similar one for only 15 bucks, lets say. one is too expensive but ethical - the other is cheap but non ethical and has bad quality fabrics.

in this situation, what should you really do? buy the first option or the second?

none. you should buy none. even wait until you can afford the first one. i think the problem is that people want to absolutely obtain what they wish for in the following minute, in the cheapest way possible (and sometimes the price doesnt matter at all) and i think thats where the overconsumption starts. the more u see things like this the more u wanna buy.

do you really need that hello kitty bag? like do you really need it right now? are you really gonna use it or put it in a drawer until you find it back in a couple of decades?

and big corporations are playing with your urges very well to get everything that you want at the minute. they're also stealing many designs from small artists and businesses for their products. like man, you have every single thing youre looking for, for cheap!! welcome to overconsumption

and the "alt" people who say "but i buy on shein/etc bc i got no money" well in that case you are not alt. buying on shein is not being alt. im so sorry i dont wanna be one of those eilitists, but im gonna be straight forward honest : being alternative asks a minimum of investment and dedication (not talking abt money!!!), alt isnt only an aesthetic/style, its a lifestyle, a movement, a subculture. you have to be a minimum active and engage in the subculture (not saying that it should define your personality though). and even if youre not alt - you should be conscious of your actions and try to be reasonable. i KNOW thats so hard especially in the generation we live in, but trust me if i could do it, you can do it too. as an alt person myself.

yes, making your dream wardrobe is gonna take years. i have started 4 years ago and its still going. really - dont be pressed. take your time and buy consciously, reasonably. i know it pisses people off when others say "just diy!" maybe you dont have the time or youre too lazy, but if you can, pleaaase try to learn at least a little. learning new things isnt easy and does take time, you wont always like it, it wont be always the result you wanted it to be... but itll be worth it and youll feel proud because you will have done something

(and yes i do know that some small businesses sell their stuff for so expensive, and its not okay either)

so that was my opinion and you have the right to have your own, i just wanted to share what i was thinking. bye bye