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With all the events happening right now I find it really hard to justify buying products made in China/Russia/Belarus. This product looks great, but I'll never have a clean conscious knowing my money is by extension financing terrorists.
With all the events happening right now I find it really hard to justify buying products made in China/Russia/Belarus. This product looks great, but I'll never have a clean conscious knowing my money is by extension financing terrorists.
I think you have a good notion about not buying Chinese stuff, but that reason doesn't make much sense to me. I've heard people say that the US might have caused the deaths of half a million children in the aftermath of the Iraq invasion; do you buy anything from the US?
They had good intentions supporting the invasion of Venezuela, or doing/supporting a coup in Brazil and Bolivia
They always have good intentions so kind
It is just odd why a place with such good intentions would not encourage Ukraine to sign the Minsk 2 agreements, but it was probably just an accident, all bad things such as these are always just accidents, yes, yes, accidents
(apologies for polluting HN like so, but the levels of apologia that we have seen on the last few days and the figureheads that have shown themselves back on the public eye is just vomit inducing)
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With all the events happening right now I find it really hard to justify buying products made in China/Russia/Belarus. This product looks great, but I'll never have a clean conscious knowing my money is by extension financing terrorists.
With all the events happening right now I find it really hard to justify buying products made in China/Russia/Belarus. This product looks great, but I'll never have a clean conscious knowing my money is by extension financing terrorists.
What electronics can you buy that aren’t basically Chinese devices at this point? Raspberry pi has assembly in Wales but parts are sourced normally, from China. I understand the feeling but, just like it’s hard to participate in the modern economy and oppose climate change, it’s hard to boycott China. Really, I’m honestly looking for alternatives, not saying you’re wrong. How do we get out from this situation?
With all the events happening right now I find it really hard to justify buying products made in China/Russia/Belarus. This product looks great, but I'll never have a clean conscious knowing my money is by extension financing terrorists.
What electronics can you buy that aren’t basically Chinese devices at this point? Raspberry pi has assembly in Wales but parts are sourced normally, from China. I understand the feeling but, just like it’s hard to participate in the modern economy and oppose climate change, it’s hard to boycott China. Really, I’m honestly looking for alternatives, not saying you’re wrong. How do we get out from this situation?
Get together with close allies (Europe, Japan, Korea, Australia, etc.) and decide to run afoul of the WTO. Favor domestic and close partners though heavy subsidies. This will upset the global balance of trade, treaties, etc. and will cause international tensions to rise, but it'll have to be done.
Build domestic factories in a special economic zone. Staff them with lots of immigrants and provide free education, child support, low cost of living, and a guaranteed path to citizenship. Open the flood gates, because we'll need lots of people.
Companies that build these factories get thirty years of 100% tax exemptions. Companies that source from them get lower taxes too.
If China complains, cut off the food and energy exports. It's their weakness and they'll step in line.
Are there any glaring flaws in this plan?
As an American, I'd rather have a foreign actor spying on me than my own government. The foreign actor has no jurisdiction over me.
You can be subjected to blackmail and/or other hostile actions from a foreign jurisdiction.