"I won't buy the things I don't need" instead of "They make us buy things we don't need"
"I'll never buy food that contains palm oil" instead of "They're poisoning us with palm oil"
"I won't buy food in the plastic package" instead of "Look at these dreary large corporations, they are ruining our environment" (though many of them really do)
"I don't watch the TV" instead of "We're all victims of propaganda!"
"Let's help people in need" instead of "Why doesn't the State help people in need?"
"Guys, don't visit whorehouses" instead of "Lechery is everywhere!"
"I have to learn" instead of "I'm dumb"
"I'll buy the album of my favorite band" instead of "Today most music is shit"

etc.,etc...

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Feudalism has been gradually wiped out on most of the planet. Slave ownership is a criminal offense today. But so many people I see around behave as if  Planet Earth is not their home but a kind of third-rate pub, where they are not very welcome in the first place. They behave as if their existence belongs to some other creature - hence, they don't notice their own sins, faults and weaknesses, because think that someone else is responsible.  The devil is in the detail and in our personal daily choice.

I know, that a lot of shit comes from governments and, in some cases, from large businesses. An ordinary person can't immediately wipe out an air-polluting plant. Or he can't stop the officials from executing some disadvantageous decisions (anti-Russian sanctions in EU and the ban on European food in Russia). However, we are at least free to write a note of protest, to campaign against certain policies, to behave responsibly in our personal lives. One should remember that not everyone under Hitler or Stalin were betraying their friends, neighbors and family members. 

But I see so many people who don't bother to change anything in their approach if even it's not life-threatening. They return to abusive husbands, they continue working on shitty jobs or drinking with no attempt to make a change. It was quite late when I felt that I was the owner of my life - and nobody else, and I'm responsible for things that concern me personally - either environment or culture.  I wish it started earlier - much earlier. 

Whining is easier than being selective in your lifestyle and behaving responsibly. But if you have a toxic habit to blame the "bad guys" for your personal failures, one day they may really steal your private life and your existing in general.