Titanium bottle cages
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eric_james
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totally true it's just already been shipped from china, but you get posh chinese things too.
on a 2015 BMW I helped my mate change a rear light, made in china was on it
Effectively, the most trusted way to be "ethical" and "patriotic" is to buy old stuff, from home, or at least from a list of other countries which fit a "political" will - either an individual or governmental "will". At least we can enjoy to have a choice, unlike many other places in the world.
Personally, I've being actively trying to boycott Chinese made products for about the last 8 years or so. Begrudgingly, it is almost impossible concerning various high tech. I'm writing this on a 2012 Lenovo lap-top, and while it's been superb there will be no brand loyalty under the current world affairs climate. It's not for me to preach either. No one puts a gun to our heads and dictates how our money should be spent, but I think that free right is worth defending overall.
Personally, I've being actively trying to boycott Chinese made products for about the last 8 years or so. Begrudgingly, it is almost impossible concerning various high tech. I'm writing this on a 2012 Lenovo lap-top, and while it's been superb there will be no brand loyalty under the current world affairs climate. It's not for me to preach either. No one puts a gun to our heads and dictates how our money should be spent, but I think that free right is worth defending overall.
I appreciate that people have different ethics, I don’t buyy coke or use Starbucks because of their participation in using stolen Palestinian land. I just don’t get how people can do mental gymnastics to say buying something western is more ethical than eastern. Up until very recently it was the west driving consumerism leading that lead to global warming. It’s the west that still puts our soldier boots (well sometimes drones now) on others soil. It’s the west that has driven quality of life for its own people. It’s the west that has stolen the worlds wealth and when refugees come here wanting help, risking their life, we tut and call them out for trying to exploit us. It’s laughable that we point fingers at others. Look at some of these graphs showing the success of the CCP, I do wonder if it’s just a “China is bad” mentality. https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/CHN/china/life-expectancy
