• wewbull@feddit.uk
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    2 months ago

    I’m trying to think, apart from technology, what do I buy from American brands?

    • American food doesn’t really come here except fast food franchises which I don’t frequent anyway.
    • Nobody has an American car.
    • My car’s electric anyway, so no American oil companies fueling it.
    • Clothes are probably all from Asia anyway.
    • I don’t subscribe to any streaming services.
    • I’ll order 5 or 6 things from Amazon a year. So that’s easy to stop.

    Sure there might be the odd brand that is unknowingly American, but I’m left asking “What does America export?” because I can’t think of much in my life.

    • Lifter@discuss.tchncs.de
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      2 months ago

      A lot of supermarket food brands are American. You might be surprised if you start looking. Both my deodorant and toothpaste is from Unilever, for instance.

      • Chee_Koala@lemmy.world
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        2 months ago

        Unilever is UK based and was UK/Dutch before that. Does it being a multinational make it American enough for you?