Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to politics @lemmy.world · 3 days agoTrump admin justifies increasing prices: “Cheap goods” aren’t part of the “American dream”www.lgbtqnation.comexternal-linkmessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down10
arrow-up16arrow-down1external-linkTrump admin justifies increasing prices: “Cheap goods” aren’t part of the “American dream”www.lgbtqnation.comSunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to politics @lemmy.world · 3 days agomessage-square22fedilink
minus-squareCatoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 days agoOh, they’ll still be just as cheap. You’re just going to pay more for them.
minus-squarewise_pancake@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 days agoAs a Canadian the rampant enshittification of American products is one of the reasons I avoid them now (pre tariffs). America has many high quality brands, but so often once they beat out competitors they dump the quality and ramp up the prices. I’ve lost a lot of trust in American goods, and it’s not the workers faults.
minus-squareP1k1e@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 days agoOh man I remember in the 90s my dad said the same thing about Chinese products. Then I became an adult and noticed the only American products that actually existed were the plastic covers they put around Chinese metal
Oh, they’ll still be just as cheap. You’re just going to pay more for them.
As a Canadian the rampant enshittification of American products is one of the reasons I avoid them now (pre tariffs).
America has many high quality brands, but so often once they beat out competitors they dump the quality and ramp up the prices.
I’ve lost a lot of trust in American goods, and it’s not the workers faults.
Oh man I remember in the 90s my dad said the same thing about Chinese products. Then I became an adult and noticed the only American products that actually existed were the plastic covers they put around Chinese metal