Comment by skotobaza

>You're confused about the meaning of "voting with your wallet".

>You're confusing the lack of active participation with the presence of it.

Probably.

>you're describing people buying things on autopilot without respect to values

That is probably where I am confused - I'm not sure that people "do not respect the values". It's either that they have values, but those values are imposed, or it's what you describe, that people just don't think deeply about it. And from my personal experience I really can't tell. But when I read the web, everyone apparently figured it out, and do indeed consciously decide.