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Further, if you don't want to buy food, you can grow it, raise chickens, keep a small garden in an urban space, that kind of thing. Great post.

Indeed! I entirely agree! The options are endless!

I'm not trying to say you can opt all the way out because the more you opt out of capitalism, the harder it gets, you probably still have to pay for land or pay rent, but I am saying if the system disgusts you you don't need to buy an IPhone and a Big Mac.
Further, if we're talking about cancer drugs or consumer goods, the insentive to make those things is money.
If Steemit had as wide a veriety of discussion as reddit, reditters would be using steemit instead, because they'd get paid.