Rat Can't Read (she/her)<p>More seriously, we do need to get away from <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/consumerism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>consumerism</span></a> and the current economic model that demands we buy and discard constantly without any thought to the environmental impacts of such a system, but the <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/TrumpTariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpTariffs</span></a> aren't the way. Transitioning to a more equitable, just, and environmentally sustainable <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> would involve raising wages, decreasing the length of the work week, making housing and <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/UniversalHealthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UniversalHealthcare</span></a> human rights, and investing in <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/PublicTransit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicTransit</span></a> and <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a>, among other improvements. It would be a commitment to a slower and more meaningful way of life that doesn't require us to constantly consume out of convenience because we're just so busy working all the damn time. The <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> are not doing that—they're wrecking the global economy and will leave poverty and suffering in their wake for people in the US and around the world. </p><p><a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Anticonsumerism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Anticonsumerism</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/LivingWage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LivingWage</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Economy</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Recession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Recession</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Collapse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Collapse</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/AnotherWorldIsPossible" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AnotherWorldIsPossible</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/EnvironmentalJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalJustice</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/ClimateJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateJustice</span></a></p>