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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Inevitable.

Just look at Etsy. [/quote]

Private equity combined with cheap Chinese sellers taking over online marketplaces has destroyed small businesses. [b]And it’s not because we the people are demanding these items. [/b]We are just victims of capitalism that allows this sort of market exploitation.

On the rare occasion I do go on Etsy or Poshmark, I scroll to find someone based out of the U.S. that looks like a real human, not a bot or large company. If it looks like a generic sales photo or I see 10 of the same exact item (e.g. I saw a ton of the same things while searching for a personalized ornament on Etsy recently), I look for something original. It shouldn’t be this hard to shop from smaller vendors. [/quote]

“We” are, though. Americans are absolutely insatiable for these cheap goods. [/quote]

American wages have been kept low so that affordability is a necessary driving factor for most people and we are marketed to so constantly that we don’t even realize it anymore. I saw a TikTok recently where a foreigner was shocked at how much corporations have infiltrated billboards, subway ads, news materials, etc. We don’t even recognize it consciously anymore.

So I don’t think we are actually choosing this so much as the system (and the wealthy who run it) are engineering us into accepting our options. Just like most people wouldn’t choose to live in car-dependent areas with ugly strip malls and awful traffic. But this is what is available and what people can afford. See also our junk food supply chain. Even our political system is just corporations making large donations to the 2 candidates we will eventually be allowed to vote from.

If you’re not wealthy in America then you don’t really have much power to change these systems. So here we are with a variety of Temu-quality options to choose from.[/quote]

You must have a very small circle.

Most of us love the freedom, flexibility, independence, convenience, cleanliness and safety of owning our own cars and living in places where everything is spacious, clean, safe, accessible and driveable.

No one wants your public transit dystopia. [/quote]

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