So now, it seems non-conformity is a form of mental illness

[Jester]

Neither communism nor capitalism for that matter are lifestyles. Minor detail there. And of course they do those things - they are making a rational economic decision that is available to them, and in many (most?) cases, there isn't really any other option. Which proves my and their point - that their lives are dictated entirely by and around the social relationships of capitalism. I'm a communist, but I wear t-shirts that were made by some poor and exploited factory worker in Honduras. Why? Because clothing is a basic necessity, and therefore I have little choice in the matter. However, that doesn't mean I support the current way of things. Nor does it mean I can single-handedly change it. That doesn't make me a hypocrite, that just means I am making a rational economic decision available to me, based on a particular set of circumstances.

It takes about 5 seconds with google to find a hundred links to t-shirts not manufactured in Honduras, or in any other poor country. You have plenty of choice in the matter. If you choose not to exercise it, because it wouldn't be a "rational economic decision," then I can only say: I think that's the whole point of the critique.

-Jester