I am not parroting shit. Wanting stuff to be made closer to where I am has a host of benefits, as some have pointed out succinctly in this thread. You, ballin, seem to be arguing with some points that folks are not making here, and those arguments you make, have some truth to them: there can be some ugly xenophobic/maga bullshit with made in the USA championing. I haven’t seen that expressed recently in this thread, if at all. The ‘Chindy’s’ thing sounds medium sus for sure, although I tend to feel like Indy gives me maga vibes on the regular. I personally don’t buy stuff on Amazon, at this point in my life, and hope to be able to keep it that way. There are many items that are not available to be purchased closer to where I live and that is generally not a good thing for the planet, or people near me. I don’t think ermico gives so many jobs that it totally changes the local economy, but some better than none. Your choice to include Nike as a positive example of overseas labor is so fucking stupid and ill timed with their recent lobbying to protect their horrifying use of forced labor.
You bring up some points, but if anyone is ‘parroting’ anything it’s you with your grab bag of buzzwords and straw man bullshit. Skateboarding is still able to be influenced by its customers, unlike a lot of other areas of our lives, so to me, purchasing stuff from the local shop, and trying to buy stuff made closer does make some sense, and it is worth it for me to vote with my dollars.
I’ll stay supporting local shit that matters to me, you can keep amassing skate products from Amazon. Like a turd.