Me too. It's pulling me away from the Catholic church as I've come to view the Pope himself to likely be in on it.
There is an old fashioned hardware store in the next town (a twenty minute drive) that is practically a time capsule.
They have a staff that will actually ask you if you need help. They actually know what they have and know where to find it.
I buy from them knowing that I can probably get the same thing cheaper at a Walmart about the same distance from my house.
I bought my last pair of work boots from them and I am certain I paid $70 more than I had to.
That store is family owned and has been in business in the same place for over 100 years. That is worth something to me.
Small is beautiful
I think your quoted text is from another unrelated thread.
I am convinced our monetary system of printed, fiat money, completely unbacked by anything, and with manipulated interest rates, changes society in 1000 ways we can trace.
This is one. In such a system, financialization and corporate size will run the world