> Let’s say I manufacture a shirt in San Francisco and you buy it for $100. [...] $100 is a price you’re willing to pay to wear it. > [...] if I [...] make the

> Let’s say I manufacture a shirt in San Francisco and you buy it for $100. [...] $100 is a price you’re willing to pay to wear it. > [...] if I [...] make the shirt in [...] Bangladesh, you want to cut the price and reduce it to $20, because of “cost of living” for the workers This is a strawman argument. If I am willing to pay $100 for a shirt, I would not demand the price be cut just because it was made in Bangladesh. Given a choice between a $100 SF shirt and a $99 Bangladesh shirt that are otherwise identical, I would buy the latter. I think many others would make the same choice. The only times I can think of where I would discriminate by location are if: 1. I am trying to support a particular industry in a particular region 2. I am trying not to support a particular industry in a particular region 3. I am actually paying for the "Made in X" label rather than the shirt itself, for social status, prestige, etc.