Natural Wine Anarchists

Shopping

Buys orange wine by the bottle and theory by the tote bag, finishing neither. Seven dollars for a single oyster, tipped in moral superiority, at a bar that pays its staff in exposure and shift drinks. The co-op grocery costs more than Whole Foods and feels morally cheaper, which is the product.

Spending

Income $58K, net worth a noble $4K, and rent paid on time to a landlord he claims to despise while quietly pricing a duplex two neighborhoods over. Anti-capitalist in principle, accepts Venmo in practice, and runs a Substack with a paywall. The contradiction is the brand and the brand converts at three percent.

Media

Three leftist podcasts, a zine, and a posting habit about landlords conducted from a phone financed by a bank. He quotes Marx at volume in rooms where nobody is arguing. Bookmarks outpace pages read by roughly an order of magnitude.

Interests

Organizing something, being in a group text about organizing something, and splitting a bill four ways with visible resentment. The bike has a milk crate; the apartment has one bedroom and three relationship structures. He is in the early stages of becoming the man he would picket.