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<blockquote data-quote="dfanonymous" data-source="post: 2844826" data-attributes="member: 97050"><p>It's a 2 fold answer really.</p><p></p><p>1) The average American, like things they can afford. Things made with child forced labor and stolen intellectual property fits that price. If you believe in capitalism, then you have to take the good with the bad.</p><p></p><p>2) there are American made stuff still. However, due to <strong>progressive policies</strong>, the amount of <strong>environmental red tape</strong> and heavy <strong>restrictions on industry </strong>in the US, not to mention <strong>increase in state minimum wage</strong> and <strong>nervous investors</strong>, "American made" is simply <em>unobtainable</em> to most when it comes to pricing.</p><p></p><p>How many here know of <em>Orgin</em>, the clothing company by Jocko and Cam Hanes? Expensive pair of jeans relative to the $35 pair sold at a box store…</p><p><em>Thorogood</em> moc toe wedge boots…American heritage…great boots…but like $300…</p><p></p><p>What about <em>Vortex</em> AMG scopes? 99% American made…glass comes from Germany. Yet, half the forum will refer to Vortex as "China junk."</p><p></p><p>Then there's the hard pill to swallow….Holosun, a brand that a lot of your fellow gun enthusiast love so dearly, that is a American company, China made, CCP controlled company literally makes a more technically advanced, feature rich product then a brand like Eotech…like the new Eotech, not the Eotech from L3Harris that had litigation. Even trijicon is meh.</p><p></p><p>American companies still have to earn business.</p><p></p><p>I can give more examples:</p><p>Like Snapon tools. Again, they made a lawsuit against Harbor Freight, because Harbor Freight Daytona jacks were being made at the same factory theirs (in China) but being sold for 1k less. Frankly, there isn't a Taiwanese tool that isn't as good or better then the snap on stuff. You don't have to believe me, go look up tool testing. China brands like Milwaukee or Dewalt and the such do just as good or better, with a better warranty, and without having to spend your kids college money on the tool truck. Harbor Freight icon hand tools test just fine, with a lifetime warranty…lifetime….</p><p></p><p>…half of you probably never heard of Proto unless you worked as a mech in government funded industry.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dfanonymous, post: 2844826, member: 97050"] It’s a 2 fold answer really. 1) The average American, like things they can afford. Things made with child forced labor and stolen intellectual property fits that price. If you believe in capitalism, then you have to take the good with the bad. 2) there are American made stuff still. However, due to [B]progressive policies[/B], the amount of [B]environmental red tape[/B] and heavy [B]restrictions on industry [/B]in the US, not to mention [B]increase in state minimum wage[/B] and [B]nervous investors[/B], “American made” is simply [I]unobtainable[/I] to most when it comes to pricing. How many here know of [I]Orgin[/I], the clothing company by Jocko and Cam Hanes? Expensive pair of jeans relative to the $35 pair sold at a box store… [I]Thorogood[/I] moc toe wedge boots…American heritage…great boots…but like $300… What about [I]Vortex[/I] AMG scopes? 99% American made…glass comes from Germany. Yet, half the forum will refer to Vortex as “China junk.” Then there’s the hard pill to swallow….Holosun, a brand that a lot of your fellow gun enthusiast love so dearly, that is a American company, China made, CCP controlled company literally makes a more technically advanced, feature rich product then a brand like Eotech…like the new Eotech, not the Eotech from L3Harris that had litigation. Even trijicon is meh. American companies still have to earn business. I can give more examples: Like Snapon tools. Again, they made a lawsuit against Harbor Freight, because Harbor Freight Daytona jacks were being made at the same factory theirs (in China) but being sold for 1k less. Frankly, there isn’t a Taiwanese tool that isn’t as good or better then the snap on stuff. You don’t have to believe me, go look up tool testing. China brands like Milwaukee or Dewalt and the such do just as good or better, with a better warranty, and without having to spend your kids college money on the tool truck. Harbor Freight icon hand tools test just fine, with a lifetime warranty…lifetime…. …half of you probably never heard of Proto unless you worked as a mech in government funded industry. [/QUOTE]
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