Be smarter

A thought exercise for shopping:

The job of any retailer or seller is to persuade or trick or con you (as a consumer) to buy what they are selling. This includes slick advertising full of fake images of fake people.

[Rich people get richer by (1) stealing from their workers - paying them poorly or tax cuts/rebates paid by workers or (2) persuading consumers to buy more and more of the stuff their workers make.]

The job of a responsible consumer is to limit the extent to which sellers trick you into buying stuff you don't need or want or may even be damaging.

... So as a Consumer, be smarter than the seller. Don't be tricked into spending more than you need or want.