I feel its more a quirk of the internet, in how things naturally get divided. When browsing the web, you’ve likely found websites you never heard prior that are really big in other countries. Things just happen to be separated by regions, languages, etc. for purposes of relevance and accessibility.
In our space, things are largely dominated by European and North American influences. Once you cutout the whole USA from that, it’s effectively Canada and Europe in this grouping too. I remember back when I was on Reddit, I saw ‘Buy Canadian’ quite a lot, just seems ‘Buy European’ is slightly more dominant on Lemmy.
True, I think that’s how the world works mostly atm. Even the apps for very basic functions like taxi or delivery etc. are often completely different, e.g., in southeast Asia.
My main criticism is that the buy European movement is again isolationist. Europe is framed as the good/safe harbour (which it isn’t) and the rest of the world is excluded because they are evil (which they aren’t).
Instead, I think Europe would do good building stronger ties around the world, with African countries, India, Indonesia etc., at eye level, instead of excluding them and thereby excluding itself from the party as well.
It’s not entirely excluding the rest of the world simply because everyone knows there’s a ton of shit we just don’t make anymore at scale in Europe. I think there is a bit of economic protectionism to it because it carries the idea of bringing some industries back to provide work for Europeans but that’s hardly a bad thing.
Buying from europe supports our own economy, reduces co2 output on good being shipped around the globe and reduces supply chain risks. Of course there are many other reliable countries outside of europe, but if I have the choice between European product and product shipped across half the globe I know what I’m taking.
They employ people here, pay taxes here and are more likely to actually follow our jurisdiction fully. If I was trying to claim warranty from a company from another continent it might be more difficult
Yeah, but it’s such a dumb impulse that I’d have expected it from an American. As a European it makes me cringe
I feel its more a quirk of the internet, in how things naturally get divided. When browsing the web, you’ve likely found websites you never heard prior that are really big in other countries. Things just happen to be separated by regions, languages, etc. for purposes of relevance and accessibility.
In our space, things are largely dominated by European and North American influences. Once you cutout the whole USA from that, it’s effectively Canada and Europe in this grouping too. I remember back when I was on Reddit, I saw ‘Buy Canadian’ quite a lot, just seems ‘Buy European’ is slightly more dominant on Lemmy.
True, I think that’s how the world works mostly atm. Even the apps for very basic functions like taxi or delivery etc. are often completely different, e.g., in southeast Asia.
My main criticism is that the buy European movement is again isolationist. Europe is framed as the good/safe harbour (which it isn’t) and the rest of the world is excluded because they are evil (which they aren’t).
Instead, I think Europe would do good building stronger ties around the world, with African countries, India, Indonesia etc., at eye level, instead of excluding them and thereby excluding itself from the party as well.
It’s not entirely excluding the rest of the world simply because everyone knows there’s a ton of shit we just don’t make anymore at scale in Europe. I think there is a bit of economic protectionism to it because it carries the idea of bringing some industries back to provide work for Europeans but that’s hardly a bad thing.
Buying from europe supports our own economy, reduces co2 output on good being shipped around the globe and reduces supply chain risks. Of course there are many other reliable countries outside of europe, but if I have the choice between European product and product shipped across half the globe I know what I’m taking.
They employ people here, pay taxes here and are more likely to actually follow our jurisdiction fully. If I was trying to claim warranty from a company from another continent it might be more difficult