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Originally posted by yellowline
Welcome to the results of purchasing foreign on unfounded bias.

This bias is not unfounded. It was created by the Big 3 themselves. Detroit cranked out uninspired *****boxes they called cars and assumed people would buy them out of patriotism. It worked for a while, and then the Japanese came up with better-looking cars that lasted longer and didn't drink as much gas, but the Big 3 didn't seem to care. You can only soddomize your customers for so long before they go elsewhere. Despite the import tarrifs, the Japanese still cleaned Detroit's clock.

The union and management are part of the problem, but when half the country sets in to buy a family car and says "I'm not buying American because my 1978 Oldsmobile diesel blew up," that's idiotic.

And when a company expects it's customer base to ignore the crap it produced over the past 30 or so years, that's even more idiotic.

Other nations are loyal to their industries. We tax, legislate, and buy against them enough to drive them bankrupt or out of the country.

I wonder how many of the people that bemoan the unpatriotic car buying habits are of the same ilk that defend outsourcing jobs to 3rd world countries. You see, buying a Honda actually is actually good for America, because it frees up a American to find a better job! (Yes, that's a common argument in defense of tech outsourcing)