A very few corporations make nearly every product we buy.......Behold:

[Cleita]

4. Thanks CaliforniaPeggy

I am now knitting a sweater for my DIL. It occurred to me that we should start doing things like this out of our spare rooms and our garages and swap with others for goods they make to change this economy. The yarn I am using is made in Peru and hand spun. I have decided to learn to spin. There are local ranchers in my area who keep alpacas and llamas as well as sheep. I know they shear them seasonally and sell the wool to suppliers. It seems it wouldn't be hard to get a few bags from them for a start.

I know it seems tedious and time consuming, but what if those of us who are retired or not working spent a few hours a day doing the tasks that lead to making cloth and items of clothing. Others could throw pots for ceramic ware, and some could do other things to make the things we use. Then we could meet at a park or somewhere and swap our goods for other goods once a month.

Where I'm going with this is to try to wean ourselves away from buying consumer goods from our slave masters you have put in your post. It would take a group effort and cooperation to get this off the ground.