That was a good post. I can tell you understand what I feel is my dilemma.
But I feel that I just cannot let it go. What if my bank is one taking funds from GiveSendGo and giving them to the government? What if they are defunding Mike Lindell or Remington?
Should I continue to patronize them? Heck that just one single example.
I don’t do this thing with everything, but I try where I can.
I bought a 3D printer the year before last, and while I could have purchased a comparable printer from China at perhaps 2/3 or half the price, I paid the extra money to buy an American made one. I paid my pound of flesh on that, and it was worth it.
People who say “Don’t buy anything Chinese” either don’t buy anything at all, or don’t follow their own advice. I know.
I try to look for the country of origin, but I have found it is no longer prominently displayed anymore, and I don’t think that is an accident. And even if you do see “Made in America”...what exactly does that mean?
I have gotten to the point I cannot listen to music because of the artist. I cannot watch a movie because of an actor. In both cases, it isn’t because I am not listening to make a point. The enjoyment is completely removed. One of my favorite artists used to be Pink Floyd. About 15-20 years ago, I went to a Roger Waters concert, and it was a 2-3 hour multi-media anti-American show, which made me steam. Granted, I should have known, but that was before I began listening to what these people were saying. I used to just like music and movies, and I can’t anymore.
This does bother me.
I’m with you 100%.
I too look where things are made. I try and give preference but can’t always follow my own advice because in some cases you are damn near forced to buy Chinese.
Like you, I get turned off to the point where I cannot enjoy a movie or music because of what they claim to represent.
A little history. Growing up, and in the early 80s my dad would refuse to buy things made in Vietnam. He didn’t even mind the people but he knew every business making clothes there was supporting the same communists that 10 years earlier were fighting us. The idea of giving money to a business that was in turn handing some of that to the same commies that were killing our guys a few years prior bothered that vet a little bit.
I was a kid and didn’t quite get it. To make matters worse, they were selling these products on air force bases and he was still in the USAF and a vet. He was steaming. But some business figured out a way to make a buck, US policy makers got behind it, and even AFFES had no issue selling these products with younger service members buying the stuff on the base in their exchange. I also remember when the Jane Fonda work out videos were stocked on the store shelves (~1982). That one did get a lot of folks pissed. We as a nation have no memory (except for the Naaaazis), and if there is a way to make a buck, we are willing to make huge compromises.
I guess today we’re the older guys and the issues are a bit different, but maybe with age comes a wisdom that the young don’t have.