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[–] Chainweasel@lemmy.world 33 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I had a job once making plastic handles for garden hose sprayer nozzles, we had cheap aluminum Chinese made hose nozzles that we plastic molded a handle around that said "made in USA" proudly on the side and completely covered the "made in China" stamped into the metal.
This was legal because the handle was indeed made in the USA, but it was advertised on the packaging in a way that implied the whole thing was made in the USA when it reality it was just the plastic grip.

[–] pencil_nerd@mander.xyz 21 points 2 days ago

Extremely common, technically legal, and it is a lie to the consumer. It's intentionally misleading.

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Yes, and so does Made in the USA. Everyone spent the last 30 years moving all manufacturing over there.

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago

Literally destroying the planet with plastic garbage so a handful of international capitalists can ride yachts.

[–] Viri4thus@feddit.org 5 points 1 day ago

We can thank the Clintons and Bush Jr for this, their tenure cratered western manufacturing to fill the pockets of a few well placed intermediaries of the investment in China. Now we can't even manufacture simple things like face masks...

[–] SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Few people care at this point - some may claim they do, but the cost to them virtually always wins in the end. Never mind we were sold out so long ago that exceedingly few things are genuinely made in the USA anymore, so people don't really have a choice anyway.