During college, I got all my books online Zlib or LibGen and the small amount of times i couldn't find any I'd pay someone who had a PDF copy as my last ditch effort.
If we stopped spending and went on a "hunger" strike. Don't buy anything for a month. Only buy necessities food for children, the elderly, pets. And simply not buy more than that the corporations would fold over easy. We would add more stress if we stopped going to work at the same time. But what do I know?
Me existing.