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Also, there is a limit. If buying locally means the product costs 10x as much and the shipping is another $15 on top, don't be surprised if I choose the option
by tgsovlerkhgsel 1y ago
Also, there is a limit. If buying locally means the product costs 10x as much and the shipping is another $15 on top, don't be surprised if I choose the option that doesn't cost me an arm and a leg, and don't expect me to vote for anyone who tries to make me pay 20x as much.
- jabjq 1y ago[flagged]
- esperent 1y agoThank you for the info, random new account that pops up on every single thread about the EU to make comments about how terrible the EU is.
- 9dev 1y agoYou’ll pay the price eventually. China can sweep the European market with products, underbidding every EU company. If they did that with no backlash, we’d see the local economy plunge, followed by wages, buying power, standard of living, and so on. We need to fend this off, even if it means people will have to pay more for individual purchases, because the larger population does not understand macroscopic effects. China is a danger to the EU, and also the US (even though the US currently is mostly dangerous to itself).
- tgsovlerkhgsel 1y agoFor the cases I'm talking about, my choices are buying from China or literally cutting my buying power by a factor of 10-20 not hypothetically maybe in the future but right now. I can set myself on fire trying to keep Europe warm... or I can not.
- kelipso 1y agoEU should learn to compete instead of reselling overpriced products at huge markups.
- 9dev 1y agoThe EU competes on food and product safety, quality of life, freedom of movement and trade, or privacy, for example.