3 In 10 Americans Will Not Knowingly Buy Chinese-Owned Brands

Post by pasbesoin » Sat, May 04, 2013, 11:02 PM UTC

derefr wrote: post #46

rayiner wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Why, still, do you exclusively penalise the other party for unfamiliarity, which is a bilateral function? Because social relations aren't symmetric. Successful societies are built on: families, local communities, and national unity (in that order). This is nearly universal. Certainly, someone in Chengdu cares far more about his neighbors than he cares about me! > Why are intranational and international wealth inequ…

> poor people in America are part of the same body politic as myself, while poor people in China are not. ...and you don't see that as the problem worth fixing? I live in Canada, where we get copies of all the social-policy laws from the US forced upon us as treaties [to ensure Americans don't just drive up here for their marijuanas or what-have-you] with no ability to actually vote in the US elections that control t…

Post by [deleted] » Sat, May 04, 2013, 11:03 PM UTC

derefr wrote: post #46

rayiner wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Why, still, do you exclusively penalise the other party for unfamiliarity, which is a bilateral function? Because social relations aren't symmetric. Successful societies are built on: families, local communities, and national unity (in that order). This is nearly universal. Certainly, someone in Chengdu cares far more about his neighbors than he cares about me! > Why are intranational and international wealth inequ…

> poor people in America are part of the same body politic as myself, while poor people in China are not. ...and you don't see that as the problem worth fixing? I live in Canada, where we get copies of all the social-policy laws from the US forced upon us as treaties [to ensure Americans don't just drive up here for their marijuanas or what-have-you] with no ability to actually vote in the US elections that control t…

Post by jisaacstone » Mon, May 06, 2013, 5:00 PM UTC

rdl wrote: post #42

I sort of avoid food from China. Oddly, chemicals from China are ok, but I rationalize because they're in milligram quantities, so impurities are also relatively small, and they get GC/MS'd. I also avoid software/security products from China and Chinese-controlled entities. To some extent, I'd like to include hardware, but that's essentially impossible. I avoid Huawei and ZTE at least, but I still buy Apple, Lenovo,…

    It makes me sad that this position is justified by the threat environment.