@jim5559 I concur that we are both probably good guys with differing views. I was just trying to ask that you state the case for your conclusion. I will go first if that helps.
I grew up in an agrarian rural community. Family farms and associated operations were our bread and butter. I wanted nothing more than to follow in the footsteps. Parents advised against it, got to college and do something different. Graduated, started a company and sold it ten years later. The irony: the places where the jobs were when I was getting out of school were some of the same places I imagine you were lamenting their fate…Pittsburgh, Chicago, Detroit, even Buffalo. Those very cities led the way when industrialization displaced so many from agrigulture 125 or so years ago. I didn’t whine about it, I just adapted…you roll with the punches and change with the times. Its been that way since recorded history and will be that way long after we are all gone.
Should we fault a company like Timken for building a state of the art bearing factory in China? I don’t believe so but you may feel differently. That’s cool. The fact remains that much of the raw goods to make a world class bearing are in that part of the world, some of their largest customers are base in that part of the world and the cost to ship a bearing from the USA to them would exceed the cost to make it.
Why is it a big deal for the OP to buy an Italian product? Would you be upset if an Italian bought an American made product?