| ▲ | mrits a day ago |
| In the US we have always at least acted like we try to buy American made. It feels weird that the rest of the world is only now considering where their stuff is coming from. |
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| ▲ | boh a day ago | parent | next [-] |
| Who's "we"? The "buy American" crowd has always been super niche and a very small minority. |
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| ▲ | mingus88 a day ago | parent | next [-] | | In my experience, the buy American crowd says one thing but without exception simply buys the cheapest thing always What they want is for the best deal to be the local deal, but they are not well off enough to actually take a principled stance on it | | | |
| ▲ | kevin_thibedeau a day ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | Wal-Mart made it a marketing campaign in the 80s. Much of their inventory was US produced with prominent signs all over their stores. | | |
| ▲ | boh a day ago | parent [-] | | A marketing campaign from 40 years ago doesn't qualify as a predominant culture. |
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| ▲ | mrits a day ago | parent | prev [-] | | It was the initiative of the largest retailer. You have had to live in a bubble to not know this. |
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| ▲ | happytoexplain a day ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| The rest of the world absolutely has always had some who consider where their stuff is coming from and some who don't - same as the US. |
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| ▲ | gchamonlive a day ago | parent | prev [-] |
| I'm not making a point only to buy local. I'm making a point not to buy American today, if things don't improve. |
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