I hate seeing Made in China on everything

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's all suspicious. If we all threw it all out, the landfills would explode in a toxic mess. How do we get rid of it?

And I hate reading stupid, uninformed, racist posts on DCUM. How do we get rid of you?

[Anonymous]

I hope you're complaining about the QUANTITY of mass-produced goods, not the ORIGIN of mass-produced goods?
Because the landfills don't care where it comes from, OP. Caring for the planetary environment is different from caring about national manufacturing. Two entirely different areas of concern!

Yes, we as humans (and Americans in particular, because we're worse than anyone else) should stop consuming only to throw stuff out at once. Single-used items are particularly to blame, except in fields where strict hygiene is needed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
I hope you're complaining about the QUANTITY of mass-produced goods, not the ORIGIN of mass-produced goods?
Because the landfills don't care where it comes from, OP. Caring for the planetary environment is different from caring about national manufacturing. Two entirely different areas of concern!

Yes, we as humans (and Americans in particular, because we're worse than anyone else) should stop consuming only to throw stuff out at once. Single-used items are particularly to blame, except in fields where strict hygiene is needed.

To be fair, the origin in this case is indicative of human rights violations, underpaid/ child labor, poor working conditions, etc.

[Anonymous]

Troll post getting a lot of suckers to respond. Good one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
I hope you're complaining about the QUANTITY of mass-produced goods, not the ORIGIN of mass-produced goods?
Because the landfills don't care where it comes from, OP. Caring for the planetary environment is different from caring about national manufacturing. Two entirely different areas of concern!

Yes, we as humans (and Americans in particular, because we're worse than anyone else) should stop consuming only to throw stuff out at once. Single-used items are particularly to blame, except in fields where strict hygiene is needed.

To be fair, the origin in this case is indicative of human rights violations, underpaid/ child labor, poor working conditions, etc.

I try not to buy anything made in China because of the origin. The government of China has a vast network of forced labor camps and you don't have to be convicted of a crime to be imprisoned. I met Harry Wu many years ago. He was a human rights activist who spent 19 years in a forced labor camp for criticizing the Soviet Union's invasion of Hungary. He was a college student when he did this. He said the one thing everyone could do is to not buy anything made in China, because it only strengthens the CCP. The list of reasons to not buy Made in China keeps growing: the on-going genocide of the Uyghur people and the crushing of the protest and arrest of protesters in Hong Kong, and because of the way the CCP treats its own citizens. I don't want to buy things made by people imprisoned, tortured and killed.

There is a great book called "Made in China" by Amanda Pang.

The following is from: https://laogairesearch.org/museum/what-is-laogai/
The Laojiao – REEDUCATION THROUGH LABOR – acts as a form of “administrative detention” that serves to, as one regulation puts it, “reform idle, able-bodied people who violate the law and discipline and who do no decent work.” In practice, it serves as a form of ARBITRARY IMPRISONMENT of up to three years without the need for formal conviction or judicial due process of any kind. Forced Job Placement, or qiang-zhi-jiu-ye, was often given to prisoners after the completion of their sentence, allowing them to be HELD IN THE SYSTEM INDEFINITELY.

Institutions outside China’s official penal system are important cogs in the machinery of repression. Political dissidents, protestors, and petitioners may be DEEMED MENTALLY UNSTABLE AND INVOLUNTARILY COMMITTED TO PSYCHIATRIC DETENTION CENTERS or held in extrajudicial “black jails” hidden inside hotels and warehouses.

Those perceived as troublemakers or OUTSPOKEN CRITICS OF THE REGIME are frequently subjected to personal restrictions and house arrest.

[Anonymous]

I’m so sick of the replies to these threads saying that it’s too hard/expensive to manufacture in the US so we have no choice, as if they’re the only 2 countries in the world. There are about a hundred other countries that could manufacture our goods for us.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:America can't compete with Chinese slave labor, sadly.

China is cheaper and faster.

The company I work for now has a product manufactured there. China producing the product makes it 72% cheaper than when it was made in USA. That's a big, big profit for my company.

Why do you work for people who are ok with slave labor?

[Anonymous]

Op I totally agree and go out of my way to try not to buy anything from china if I can help it. I wish more people would do the same I feel like I'm the only one who does this.

[Anonymous]

OP - I research what I buy and send emails to customer service asking where the item is made. I let companies know that I can't purchase an item made in China because of human right abuses, in particular, the genocide of the Uyghur people.

I find that I buy a lot less, and the things I do buy have more meaning to me probably because there is less of it and it tends to be higher quality. When I give up on finding new, I turn to ebay and craigslist. I recently bought an old game on ebay from 1980 because it was not made in China - still in plastic wrap, never opened. Before I throw anything out, I ask myself if there is any use left in this item, because I know how hard it will be to replace. Some production has moved to Vietnam in the last several years which makes things easier. The worst is when you find something you love that's not made in China, then suddenly you find that now it is.

[Anonymous]

Yep, agree with this. I avoid buying Chinese stuff, especially Asian foods made in China. I always choose ramen from Korea and Taiwan over China every time.

[Anonymous]

I love US flags made in China! With all 51 stars!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m so sick of the replies to these threads saying that it’s too hard/expensive to manufacture in the US so we have no choice, as if they’re the only 2 countries in the world. There are about a hundred other countries that could manufacture our goods for us.

I agree turkey, Canada, Venezuela, Columbia I can go on and on...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All my made in China stuff is fine.

It's trash made by slave labor. You support that!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Watch out for the made in PRC markings too, they’re starting to change it to that probably to confuse you.[/quote


Saw that on the back of a package or maxi pads!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's all suspicious. If we all threw it all out, the landfills would explode in a toxic mess. How do we get rid of it?

Omg just stop.

Do your homework and don't buy things made in China not hard at all.

Shame on you.

Says the person typing on their IPhone