Welcome to this throwback edition of the award-winning Best of a Left podcast, where we

remember the past and choose to repeat it.

Today's episode was published back in June 2023, and as we collectively come down from the

zenith of our annual consumption compulsion, we thought it fitting to revisit a philosophical

approach to understanding the ethics of consumption under capitalism.

Speaking of, I'd say that supporting organizations and media you get value from is a pretty

ethical way to spend your money.

And so I'll remind you that our end of year discount on membership

is ending in just a few days, and you can take advantage of that discount, whether it's for

yourself or being bought as a gift. Just go to bestof the left.com slash support to support us,

and we really do need the support of every member and anyone who's able to contribute.

So every single one of you are appreciated.

There on that page, you will also find links to buy books in one of the more ethical ways possible these days

through bookshop.org and Libro.fm.

Which support brick and mortar bookshops to help keep them afloat in local communities

and using our links help support this show as well.

Again, that's bestoftheleft.com slash support.

And now to learn about the ethics of consumption, sources today include Professor Neal,

the cavernacle, kunk and Daster, Poppy Saw, Pullback,

The Gray Area, Wisecrack, Like Stories of Old, Roundtable, and Park Rose Permaculture.

So the idea of no ethical consumption under capitalism has its origin in the 90s and the practice of ethical consumerism.

The ethical consumer acknowledges that capitalism is exploitative, but that that exploitation exists on a scale.

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