Umair gives a list of all the plastic Chinese junk he’s purchased, including friggen patio furniture! No one needs cheap plastic patio furniture.

So many of my correspondances online consist of American explaining to me how awful and unfixable their country is.

But I lived there for thirty years - why do you think I left?

Yes, I know made in USA is a lie. Yes, I lived in a food desert and yes it was bad.

I think you missed the point. My wife and I don't buy enamel pins. We buy very little clothing, a lot of it second hand.

In fact, we simply buy as little as possible.

By the way, ecofascism is not a thing: https://tomswirly.medium.com/ecofascism-is-bullshit-cd6b2c48f909

The term "virtue signaling" is also a symbol of moral emptiness. When people say it, it's a cynical attempt to justify simply giving up on any form of moral reckoning in their lives.

It means, "These people are at least trying, and that makes me better than they are, because I know it's all hopeless."