Back in the day I bought 4 or 5 MIC can openers that all failed within a year. Some failed within a couple months.
So i found an old can opener at a yard sale, it was made in Utica New York. I bought it for a dollar in either 2000 or 2001. I still have it and forsake all other can openers.
Western companies use China to produce poor quality goods. Chinese factories can make good quality goods, they generally do not though. So i do not buy Chinese made goods for quality reasons. Plus…
Near “slave labor” work situations make China a repugnant choice.
I would also avoid “blood diamonds” from Angola and the Ivory Coast if i was in the market for a diamond.
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I hope you are also selective from which state you buy within the US (or do you don’t buy anything at all made in the US) ?
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So, you buy nothing from the United States, which is not a democracy by its own definition?
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The United States is a democratic country. So are UK, Germany, and many others, despite the governing variances and how democratic principles are implemented. If that hasn’t sunk in, you’re lost.
For three workable definitions of ‘democracy’, see: https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/democracy-countries
I’m happy to buy Danish products. It’s about a quarter of my ancestry.
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Yes. It amazes me how people in the US get this wrong. I have always thought of the US as a representative republic or rep. federation. I once, through no fault of my own, found myself on a flight seated next to a high-ranking dignitary from a South American country. He wanted to make small talk but his dignity got in the way. He finally asked me about how the US democracy worked for direct elections of the president. I explained about the electoral college; he was sure I was making fun of him; was highly offended; end of conversation…
Back to cookware: I think this is a great discussion. If I was shopping for cookware now, I would probably still go to Goodwill and TJMaxx. My goals for my kitchen stuff are safe, affordable, easy to use, etc. I am very happy with just-good-enough and have no desire to spend money on more stuff.
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As the electoral college has racist origins and many states in the US make it difficult for non-whites to vote, it is, to use a generous term, naive to call us a representative democracy.
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Every country with no exception has, with no exceptions, both good and bad parts of its history and current practice. This is the nature of collective human decision-making.
Now, back to cooking…
Naive?
Considering the fact that one of the main “barriers” to voting in the US, supposedly, is an ID requirement, I wonder why the EU requires photo ID in 46 of 47 nation states?
ID is required in most nations to vote. Why should the US be different?
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Why oh why did I start this? My deepest apologies to all whose passions are being tested.
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My apologies as well.
I wanted to reply to this post more, but I was busy, and now clearly took a turn more than just “do you care about where goods are made”. It also sounds like a post about more than that.
No apologies necessary. True colors come out on threads gone awry on a food related board. And I have no problem with that.
It’s hardly your fault that someone can’t recognize a democratic form of government.
Hi everyone - mod here. This thread seems to have run its course so I’m going to lock it with a request that we refrain from further political discussions. Thanks!
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