Comment by Workaccount2
9 months ago
I don't understand why people are so incredulous that virtue signalling is rampant and even the "good guys" (whatever group you want to attribute that to) is mostly full of people who know the right thing to say, will gladly say it repeatedly to garner praise, but will not follow it when it comes to them.
Me, or anyone else who has tried a "virtuous venture", could have easily told this company not to waste their time. The take away here isn't "they screwed this up" or "This isn't a true test". The takeaway is "People are extremely self serving when the perceived impact is small and no one is there to judge them for it." Plan your business accordingly.
While not directly indicated in this article, I won't conclude that the experiment is useless. Presenting the option educates the consumer of what prices are like under tariffs.
Yeah, people are gawkimg at the examples and don't realize that yes, these are the legitimate costs for trying to move local immediately. You don't just "catch up" to the decades of investment China spent on manufacturing. And that catch up will be expensive.