I would say it depends. At the point in my life when I had very little I would almost always buy the cheapest, but there was some exceptions where the necessit

I would say it depends. At the point in my life when I had very little I would almost always buy the cheapest, but there was some exceptions where the necessity of needing an item forced me to buy quality. Many of those quality items I still have 20+ years later where the cheapest would have failed and been replaced many times over. Now I generally try and buy quality items unless I expect there will be no repeated reuse, then I go cheap. I guess if quality counts as "worthy" Then I do now select based on that. I rarely examine the politics or beliefs of a company as part of a purchasing decision. I find that large companies always seem to support all sides of all issues although they may put one thing to them forefront on occasion. Small businesses have their beliefs too but whatever that core values is more of an ethos that usually gets represented in their products. So the politics of the owners don't mean a lot to me in those cases as regardless of who I'd buy from it's very likely to provide income to individuals who support something I may disagree on. So buying on quality supports the workmanship and if I want to argue politics I'll do it in another way.