Amelia May Johnson on Gab: ''We should give patriotism scores to products based upon: 1. where the product was made 2. where the materials came from 3. the ownership of the company that made it"

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[–]wendolynne 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

I would add a score for environmental concerns: Major polluters get an F. And a score for paying their employees a living wage.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Yeah, but those have nothing to do with patriotism. It's best we keep environmental and economic labels separate.

[–]wendolynne 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Caring about the viability of the land you love and its population should be the very basis of patriotism. Or is your patriotism an empty shell? What is patriotism to you?

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

You literally want to undermine environmentalism to muddy Nationalism. If it had it's own label: it'd be more prominent and uninfluenced by unrelated factors. An economic label could include:

  1. Pollution

  2. Biodegradability

  3. Reusability

And perhaps some other things; I ain't a scientist, so I wouldn't know what all should be factored into the rating. But my point is just that it should be separate.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

What do yall think? I posted this on Gab and people seemed to like it.

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[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

A lot of things I buy aren't even made in the US any more.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Most of the things people buy ain't made in the US, because our leaders are weak Globalists who sold America out.

[–]wendolynne 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Most things aren't made in the US because the dollar is an international currency, making a living wage in US dollars expensive compared to a living wage in other countries.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

They don't pay foreigners a living wage, it's just that the countries they ship our jobs to don't have high standards.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Another factor at play is that the Industrial base pollutes a lot. It was very smart in some ways to let China wreck their own country to supply us with cheap goods. In the big Chinese cities the air is really bad, and even Chinese agriculture is suspect due to improper disposal of industrial waste.

Hell, we even had them buying our garbage from us for a long time.

And I haven't personally worked in a factory but I have family who has or had, and it's mind numbing repetitive work.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yeah, we have to get pollution under control for sure.