Almost every object in my house has some sort of component made in China. The fact that I haven't had to replace any of them in years AND that it didn't cost an arm and a leg compared to being manufactured here in my local country should be testament to the output of that country.
It's like we're completely spoiled by how absurdly cheap and mostly reliable things that we use on a day to day basis.
To me, it's akin to the stereotypes of foreign professional athletes such as European basketball players or Russian hockey players. When we find the examples that validate it, it reinforces the stereotype. But then, we completely ignore the countless examples that counter it, both in terms of high quality performers from the foreign country as well as poorly performing examples produced from ones own country.
There's nothing that implicitly makes something made in Canada, or USA, or Germany that much better than if it were made in China.
It's like we're completely spoiled by how absurdly cheap and mostly reliable things that we use on a day to day basis.
To me, it's akin to the stereotypes of foreign professional athletes such as European basketball players or Russian hockey players. When we find the examples that validate it, it reinforces the stereotype. But then, we completely ignore the countless examples that counter it, both in terms of high quality performers from the foreign country as well as poorly performing examples produced from ones own country.
There's nothing that implicitly makes something made in Canada, or USA, or Germany that much better than if it were made in China.