I just bought a new KIA. Does that make me UN-american?

[MedusaX]

54. People often forget that our domestic auto brands are also sold internationally...

So it is not as if the big 3's sales are limited to US customers only...
And why is it that it is acceptable for the big 3 to participate in the global marketplace ...
whereby their international customers are effectively purchasing a "foreign" auto...

Yet, somehow it is not acceptable for the US customers to purchase a foreign auto?

if the big 3 are truly competitive market contenders in the US
(price, quality,resale value, etc)
then their cars would be purchased over other brands completely based on merit

And there would be no need for a 'Nationalist' guilt based campaign
that calls one's patriotism into question because they purchased the best product on the market ...


Why is it acceptable to expect US customers
to forgo value or quality or personal preference
simply because a product is made in the US, essentially expecting US customers to subsidize a non-competitive brand simply because it is a domestic brand.....

While simultaneously expecting people in other countries NOT to do the same for their domestic products...
and instead expecting that international customers should exercise their right to purchase what they want from whichever vendor/country they wish???



Either you have a closed economy with forced nationalism and limited choices across the board so that you do not have to compete with foreign brands

Or you actively participate in the global marketplace and are willing to compete for a percentage of the market share by providing a product with both value & quality .....

Yep... I am well aware that
I am a lousy person
and a traitor to amurikuhn bid-ness & workers...
& seriously deficient in patriotism... etc etc etc