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I promise you that virtually no people care about avoiding American products that much. You are being idealistic, and are simply out of touch with the average p
by xvector 9mo ago
I promise you that virtually no people care about avoiding American products that much. You are being idealistic, and are simply out of touch with the average person if you actually believe this.
Virtually one will stop buying Coke. Virtually no one will stop wanting an iPhone. So on and so forth. They will gladly criticize the US while continuing to indulge in the biggest brand names.
- toyg 9mo ago> no people care about avoiding American products that much. Today, yes. Once US troops start forcefully occupying European territory, eh...
- M95D 9mo agoVery very few EU people on the continent will care what happens to Greenlanders. They sure won't abandon their iPhone addiction just to have high standards, principles, etc. If that were the case, they wouldn't have an iPhone in the first place.
- dukeyukey 9mo agoThere have already been significant decreases in Canadian (and likely other countries) purchases of American goods, and travel to the US. The thing you say will never happen, already happened last year. Jim Beam (the bourbon distillery) said before Trump 10% of their sales were to Canada, and that has gone to nearly zero.
- dathinab 9mo agoyep, and in some part of the EU the dominant position of Coca Cola has been crumbling for reasons unrelated to the US and many "not a cheap knock off" alternative already exist...