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minus-squareDAMunzy@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·2 months agoI get that. There was a time when “made in Japan” meant low quality also. Times are a changin’. Japan buying up all of USA debt and land was a scary Boogeyman. I think I remember Saudi Arabia doing it too. Then China. I wonder if the American empire will last long enough for another country to do it.
minus-squareKerb@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agothe whole made in … thing was originally implemented to mark the inferior products / cheap copys of british products that where made in germany
I get that. There was a time when “made in Japan” meant low quality also. Times are a changin’.
Japan buying up all of USA debt and land was a scary Boogeyman.
I think I remember Saudi Arabia doing it too.
Then China.
I wonder if the American empire will last long enough for another country to do it.
the whole made in … thing was originally implemented to mark the inferior products / cheap copys of british products that where made in germany