Yes yes yes, simply read the comment you replied to and you will see that I say exactly that. Just because you can’t consume ethically under capitalism, doesn’t mean that you should just say “Fuck it” and do whatever.

This feels like when people are like, “Oh, vegetarian sounds good, but I could never. I simply love bacon too much” and then I inevitably say, “Okay, so why don’t you try vegetarian+bacon then?”

Ethics aren’t binary.

Well, then I hope your little bumper sticker prevents your swasticar from getting keyed and I’m glad you’ve found a way to sleep well at night.

You’re keeping it to protect it from the real Nazis? Come on, dude. You have done mental summersault to avoid selling your swasticar.

It solves the “You are not a Nazi but own a Nazi car” problem. Who gives a shit who you sell it to?

No, but selling your car in about a year, after you’ve had time to prepare shouldn’t be too big if a deal, right? It’s not about boycotting, it’s about having some kind of line that you draw in the sand and say “No more”.

Obviously you can’t do that, there no such thing as ethical consumption under capitalism. Regardless, there are choices you can make. I have never will never eat a a Chick filet, for example. You have to have SOME line

I stopped giving a pass to most Tesla driver a couple of months ago when I realized they’ve all had plenty of time to sell their cars

He has always had some pretty shitty opinions about things and a shitty way of doing business. Tesla was basically stolen by Musk from the guys who founded it, then he tried to rewrite Tesla history and label himself as the soul founder, at which point the actual founders had to sue him to maintain their founder status, and that was all in 2009, so unless you tell me that you bought the Roadster in 2008, I have a really hard time believing you. Or you’re one of those people that don’t care about things until it’s literally shoved in your face. But I digress. Sure you didn’t know.

But what’s stopping you from selling the one you have now, since you do know, now?

Animals have no capacity for evil, and therefore they win. Also, people have a hard time thinking about death tolls in large numbers, they kind of just become white noise. Half a million people dead is too many to thinking about all at the same time and retain your sanity. Most people choose sanity.

That’s simply not true. I’m not a larper, and therefore don’t pretend to live in a system I don’t. This is the system that I live in, and I have to do everything possible to reduce harm to others, which includes voting. Maybe try educating yourself?

Off topic: I’m working on a recipe for a sort of function/party-thing. You see, I’m having a hard time deciding whether to use vegetable tanned or chromium tanned. You seem like the kind of person that would have a good idea idea about how boot leather tastes. Which one would be better for a bunch of statists who either love being ruled by others or have delusions that they’re the ones who would rule others? Anything you can offer would help. Thanks.

Edit: What does the Alliance of Sahel States have to do with anything?! 🧐

Yes, and we call ourselves Anarchists or left libertarians because the right specifically and intentionally stole that term