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None of these products would be made in the US, though ... and none would affect trade imbalance ... so the net effect might only be to increase inefficiency in
by DataDive 8mo ago
None of these products would be made in the US, though ... and none would affect trade imbalance ... so the net effect might only be to increase inefficiency in your own country
- whynotmaybe 8mo agoHow would investing in locally produced stuff increase inefficiency ?
- janderson215 8mo agoLack of scale or expertise (competitive advantage).
- Arnt 8mo agoIf you pay someone 3x for work/service/product, x is the price and 2x is what you pay to encourage them to make/do the things instead of the people who could/would do it for x. However, you're not paying 3x. I assume you're not really paying anything notably higher than x, right? So the encouragement is nearly zero.
- blibble 8mo agohow much do you think of my £1 can of coke stays in the UK? maybe a quarter? the rest will be a "licensing fee", which goes straight to Atlanta, Georgia (well, now it doesn't)
- dylan604 8mo agoAre cans of coke only £1? The dollar is really weaker than I thought
- nebula8804 8mo agoIts just sugar water.
- dylan604 8mo agoWhat if it's Coke Zero?
- mrguyorama 8mo agoIt is definitely striking that a 2L bottle of local municipal water plus caramel color and a pinch of aspartame costs $2.65 Fucking insane. Coke has a higher label tax than Apple. The other infuriating part is that the generic brand soda is also expensive for some reason. What an efficient market, when generic water can maintain an insane profit margin.
- tatersolid 8mo agoLiquids are heavy. A large chunk of the retail cost in bottled drinks of all types is transport and distribution. The same is true of liquid detergents and soaps and anything else you buy that is mostly water - even fresh produce.
- ben_w 8mo agoDepends where you buy them, but you can get them for half that: https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/273867627?_gl=1*3vnd7i*_up*MQ..*_ga*ODE1ODQxMzMwLjE3Njk4ODE2ODk.*_ga_33B19D36CY*czE3Njk4ODE2ODkkbzEkZzAkdDE3Njk4ODE2OTAkajU5JGwwJGg5MTI3Njc3MzM https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/273867627?_gl....
- armchairhacker 8mo agoBut GP is boycotting big corporations, and presumably replacing them with local businesses. Unlikely any US small businesses because they don’t advertise internationally (and usually don’t ship). In this case, two wrongs make a right: he’s helping his nation’s smaller businesses and not hurting those from the US.