#31: The Realities of Fast Fashion
The way the world works today is built in such a way that we can do whatever we want without ever really having to see the consequences of our actions. And as great as this sounds, out of sight, out of mind, can only work for so long… This is what happens when the cost of our actions as an entire population has become too much to bear.
When we treat items like this, it is hard to give them tangible value… How can we see an item in the store for $30 but then placed in this same wasteland, tags still on, rotting away for free? It is impossible to fathom was 59,000 tons of clothes even look like, let alone imagine. Fast fashion giants get away with so much, and we continue to buy from them…