Power, unrealized power. We all hold the power to affect massive change, but fail to use this power.
Or rather, we use the power blindly and without thought or consideration. Do I mean democracy and voting? Nope. Go to Fit To Print for scoffing galore on that front, along with various degrees of modern whining and hilarious insight.
But consumption and spending, there lies the real power. The power of the dollar.
Consumers drive all economies, or, consumption drives economics. The whole shebang is agreed upon delusion that functions for us in a playful, unpredictable and often devastating way. Despite all that, we love it, embrace it, can’t live without it.
So if you think about it (how many times can I use it?), every time you spend a dollar, spend any amount on anything, you are making a statement of endorsement. Fill your tank, pro oil industry. Turn up the heat, pro oil industry or utilities or whatever. Turn on the lights, pro coal burning, pro oil industry, pro nuclear power. Buy a feel good prius, pro wasteful embodied consumption in exchange for feeling good. Buy electronics, pro china, or japan, or where ever. Get my drift.
You are voting with your dollars, how you vote is up to you, and your dollars tell no lies.
The honest dollar, you gotta love it.