Famethrowa posted:

I approach these from two perspectives:

1. Similar to "ethical consumption under capitalism", consumption is not politics, nor is it morality. You are not defined by what you consume, good or bad. A common conversation in The Book Barn is whether it is acceptable to read books by the Japanese fascist/volkisch author Mishima, because despite his politics (and hilarious death), he was a gifted writer. I don't subscribe to the theory that reading him is endorsing his politics, and the common slandering of people who read his works as fascist adjacent is abhorrent to me.