Anna Lee Mraz Bartra. Pen sula 360 Press [P360]
If your plan was to go shopping for all your gifts shortly before the indicated date and now you won't be able to do so because many stores will be closed or restricted and you will probably have to wait in long lines to get in, it's better to buy online and buy local.
Local small businesses enrich the community and strengthen the fabric of society. First, they provide opportunities for property ownership. When people own property, they develop the ability to think ahead and become more interested in local issues.
Those who do not own property can be surrounded by examples of local small business owners and thus be inspired to become owners themselves and engage with the community as well.
Large chains and department stores reduce those ownership opportunities. While small, local businesses also help cultivate trust among citizens, large chains and online retailers like Amazon tend to foster anonymity.
Trust among citizens is a vital part of a healthy community and is built through reciprocal relationships fostered in places like local businesses, where individuals meet and exchange goods and services. In regular face-to-face interactions, trust is built, and trust helps nurture neighborliness and communality.
Instead of jumping on the Prime Day bandwagon and sending your gifts to Amazon, whose owner Jeff Bezos already has approximately 184.8 billion gifts, it is better to
Consider buying local products.
A truly radical act would be to help local businesses and, in the process, strengthen the local communities in which we live.