Made In China

Every industrial country has or is committing some sort of social injustice. English, French, Dutch and German products come from countries that were steeped in colonial imperialism or outright genocide. US and Canadian products are produced on land stolen from the indigenous peoples with societies built on the backs of slaves and exploited immigrants. Japanese manufacturing grew out of the brutality of their Asian conquests in WWII. S. Korea is highly stratified with throngs of under paid workers. Chinese labor practices have already been covered. Most other manufacturing countries have their warts, too.

So what it really comes down to is whether or not the product performs well for the given price. What country it originates from is really a status or culture war issue.

@mahgister 

you are absolutely correct to call out the MASSIVE HYPOCRISY of the American "holier than thou"  crowd.

This may be splitting hairs but "made in China" and "assembled in China" are different  in my opinion.  I have owned several Hegel amps and loved them all.  Manufacturing takes place in China, leaving the Norway HQ for product development, circuit design, parts sourcing, testing, repairs and software coding.  I have no issue with a company assembling product where it makes economic sense.   We live in a global community.   

If you were shopping for an ICBM would you avoid North Korea

because they starve their people?

Would you avoid buying goods made in the USA because you have

come to realize that 99% of our elected politicians are bought and paid for

by big business?

If a person were to compose a list of countries that continue

human rights violations and only buy from from wonderful people

like the Swiss-haha, Israelites, Mexico, Guatemala, you will be

kidding yourself. 

Personally I avoid China made goods and support US companies

but not in every case. Why? Well nobody's perfect!

Any country that keeps 1.3 million Uighurs in concentration camps where mass rape, waterboarding, and sexual abuse are practiced is hardly a "wart" to be overlooked, or being "holier than thou" to notice, or a hypocrite either. It’s pretty cold blooded to do business with those perpetrating those atrocities in China in order to save money on our equipment.

It does not come down to being a "status or culture war". It comes down to common decency. The horrors being perpetrated in China are intolerable just like the WW2 era Nazi concentration camps, not a joke, and not be ignored. Many horrors have been perpetrated throughout history throughout the world. Looking the other way on issues this big has not been the answer then or now.

Mike