Dylan Smith wrote in
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On 2006-12-29, mad8 wrote:
1) everything is expensive as hell (country barely produces anything
except fish and wool, so nearly everything consumer-related is
imported)

How is this different from the US, where nearly all consumer-related
goods come from China?

They don't have a lot of choice where as in the US we do.
But we chose poorly.

We the consumer made the choice by demanding ridiculously
cheap goods no matter what the 'cost' was to get it.

The corporations supplying the goods complied with our
request by importing them from cheap labor elsewhere.

Now, as a consumer, I can't go into a store and find a
product I like and demand to buy the Made in USA version.
I either buy the foreign made item or I do without.

In a sense we've painted ourselves into a corner.

Brian
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