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by mhh__ 1933 days ago
Given that this is a ycombinator site, has anyone thought about or started a startup (it's a really a product rather than a company, but still) that helps you optimize (say) Chinese products out of your life?
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No Chinese products? I believe vegan is possible but no Chinese products? No chance. Not unless you live without electronics. But good idea anyways. Maybe a filter by country so you can optimise American and Israeli products out too.
None is unrealistic but you can at very least minimise the amount of profit that actually stays in China. Progress is always incremental
I think a better idea would be to start a made in _____ site which lets customers choose to buy products made mostly within a certain country or set of countries. It can default to counties neighboring to the user, so as to promote locally made goods no matter what your locality is.
Sure, every little helps.
You will more easily eat completely kosher, halal or vegan than be without Chinese-made products.

It’s impossible.

Ah, CancelCultureAsAService. Brilliant.
Is that not simply a boycott? Or voting with your wallet? “Cancel culture” has become a term to distort the problem when people start to be called out for bad behavior.

This is what you do when someone (person, company, country) does something you find objectionable. You tell them their behavior is unacceptable.

Why is it cancel culture to not want to avoid China?
Is this a Latin double negation?
Not intended, my bad