“I hate how grocery shopping has become an exhausting exercise in NOT get ripped off” - a headline from r/anticonsumption - What with #inflation and #Shrinkflation the #affordability crisis is only getting worse; while the industry is making record profits, except for #farmers - who are suffering even though subsidized. From my POV, most if not all consumer products producers have turned predatory over the last decade or so. And that’s including the packaged food, dairy and produce industries. This has to be final-stage #capitalism - when unrestrained and unregulated industry giants are preying on the consumers who fund their enterprises. There is a solution, an effective resistance to this trend…it is called #DemandDestruction - that is when fed-up consumers simply refuse to spend, resist corporate exploitation, and vote with their wallets. It’s hard, and takes planning & organization, but it IS doable. To fight back, avoid Amazon & big box stores. Buy from farmer’s markets, support local biz & vote blue.