Shopping small is like voting with your wallet, except the ballot is a shirt that actually fits and doesn’t come from a faceless warehouse the size of Rhode Island. Every time you grab a tee from a small business, you’re not just buying cotton—you’re keeping someone’s dream alive, probably helping them pay for their kid’s braces, their rent, or at least their coffee habit. Big box shirts say, “I clicked ‘add to cart.’” Small business shirts say, “I support humans, not just algorithms.”