Not Made In China: Mr. BAR-B-Q 18-Piece Stainless-Steel Tool Set

I have been looking far and wide for a new set of BBQ tools. I have dropped by some local places like Target, Walgreens, etc. None offered a product that was not made in China. Now I have tried Amazon before, but I find that where items are made is often a mystery. If that information is available at all, it is usually in the “Product Description” portion instead of having a field dedicated to that info (something I have asked Amazon to add).

Now the Mr. Bar-B-Q product is made in the United States and has just been ordered by yours truly. I am happy to make this product the very first entry in the “NOT Made In China” list of honor!

If you want to check this product out for yourself, you can find it here at Amazon.

NOT Made In China

I am not a fan of China. I have great admiration for the people of China, but frankly, their government is just pure evil.

Even if you put aside the fact that we are talking about a Communist government (reason enough for me to shun them), here is a country that reacts to just about any dissent with tanks, imprisonment and death. Despite this, we still see regular uprisings of the people to try and obtain a more democratic form of government. In a future post, I will get more down and dirty in enumerating all the atrocities committed by the Chinese government. What this post is focusing on is the great coup that has been perpetrated by China on the entire world. Unlike other communist governments, China has figured out a way to financially support the bankrupt policies of communism and oppression. They provide manufacturing services to the very companies of the world that would not even exist if their form of government existed where these companies do. So, our own companies are helping to subsidize a nation that is diametrically opposed to the very system that allows those companies to exist at all! They have figured out how to appeal to corporate greed in the form of cheap/slave labor.

So, I think we should applaud companies that make their products outside China. I am not going to suggest that these companies have made their manufacturing decisions based on some higher moral consideration. Frankly, I don’t care why they do not have their products made in China, only that they DON’T!

And furthermore, you should too!

So what should we be thinking when we start to care about where things we buy are made? Well, for me, I focus on trying to buy things that are made in countries that embrace a form of government where the peoples rights and freedoms are recognized. Some sort of democracy usually fits the bill. However, there are plenty of countries out there that are democracies in name only. Having said that, there is no question that given all the nations of the world, the absolute WORST country to support by buying items made there is China.

If you come across something that is NOT made in China, let me know about it so I can post it here.