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> There is very little leverage the rest of us have to stop them. That is not true. China main product is physical goods. If the western world would stop cons
by GeoAtreides 6y ago
> There is very little leverage the rest of us have to stop them.
That is not true. China main product is physical goods. If the western world would stop consuming irrelevant physical goods (like cocktail umbrellas) and limit itself to essential (and food and western media) then China would be gravely impacted. To be fair, the whole world economy would be impacted, not only china.
But the western world only pays lip service to the "Never again" mantra and will do nothing that affects its standard of living, camps or no camps.
- grugagag 6y agoI think we the people could, in theory, make a difference and stop buying anything else but necessities from China or at least reduce the amount of crap we buy from there. But I don’t really see that happening. Western people are addicted to “cheaper” anything and CCP knows that weakness
- jokethrowaway 6y agoAs it should be, consumers do what's best for them. The problem is that we're not able to compete with China because of all our regulations and morals. It may sound like the virtuous choice, until we all become part of China.
- jedberg 6y agoHave you ever tried eliminating Chinese made goods from your life? You'd have to start by ditching your phone and computer, because they're pretty much all assembled in China. We frankly don't even have access to the information we need to make an informed choice. Even things that don't say "made in China" most likely have some Chinese made parts inside.