As a drug it's actually pretty benign.

But every time I buy coffee, I am feeding the beast of global exploitation and environmental damage.

Compared to drinking coffee, the alternative is: simply don't do that. And if I take the alternative, the carbon footprint, other environmental footprint reduces a bit and reduces the profits of exploitative power structures.

The industry is just a waste of fossil fuels and logistics, really, seeing as it serves no particular purpose because life runs just fine without coffee.

  • HoChiMaxh [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    I don't know if you can in the US, but I can buy Cuban coffee at my local drug store chain.

    • star_wraith [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Definitely can't in the US. Sucks, I'd buy all my treats from Cuba and the DPRK if I could.

    • PaulSmackage [he/him, comrade/them]
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      2 years ago

      I'm lucky that i know a few people who go to cuba regularly, so i get them to pick up a few bags of coffee for me when they get back. Can't stand grocery store coffee anymore.