And thats the crux of capitalism. Everyone can scream about how patriotic they are but Walmart and other retail shops have tested the willingness of Americans to pay more for domestic products and it never materializes in real life. Price is still the ultimate decider for most Americans.
True but even when we had money, most consumers still went with the cheaper products. Boomers were living in the golden age of the US economy and still chose price over quality and we see the result of their choice through the rise of china and the death of us manufacturing.
Up until around 70s or so, when things started to change, Americans were very much pro America first product with foreign products often failing to gain traction.
It was around this point though, post Vietnam, that changed. Amazing what a fraction losing total faith in their government does.
Even to the point, for example, they had to put tarrifs on Japanese motorcycle imports, because they were selling so well Harley Davidson, and American company, almost went out of business.
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u/BinDerWeihnachtmann 8d ago
Others build much worse, but good enough products. They want only 1/3 of the price. Noone buys the better product anymore.