Joining the discussion late, but wanted to add my $0.02.
I think the most American thing you can do when making purchasing decision is to base it on your own personal system of values and economics. That’s really what America is about: self-determination. Decide what’s best for you and your family rather than allowing group think tactics to guilt you into something one way or the other, or a government that forces you to do it a certain way.
If I do my own research and determine that foreign made goods are suitable for my needs and at a price I want, it’s more American of me to make that purchase than it is to sit there and feel guilty or pressured by people who may not share my same values. Likewise, I would not presume to tell the person buying the American-made equivalent of that product that they’re wasting their money or buying for the “wrong reasons”. I don’t know what their reasons are, and even if I did, who am I to judge that?
