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I couldn't agree with this more. I feel like those if us in rich countries are outsourcing low wages, shitty conditions, pollution, and other seedy regulatory skirting practices.

I try to buy as close to local, regional, national, etc as possible for this reason.

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I applaud the initiative. But I think the real solution is to dial down human civilization. We need less people, less consumption, less work, less of everything. Since this seems anathema to everything I see and hear on the news and from other people in conversation, I think we are gonna hit the wall before changing directions. Humans only change when we hit rock bottom.

The lesson is: be somewhere safe when we hit the wall.

Maybe we can bring back local manufacturing… ?

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