Re the reinvigoured "drive" to "buy local" in face of the Pandemic, you need to take several things into account .
Supply chains globally for many, many goods are very strained at the moment . Airlines are...idk, mostly grounded ? To NOT put more strain on the chains, or better even reduce strain, is a good thing atmo .
Local/national businesses/economies are dented and need to be revived to be able to sustain. For private people, not a bad Idea doing that by actually putting your money into them, instead of siphoning the money elsewhere . I mean, does Mr. Bezos really need another 100bill$, when I can just as well walk into my local Bookstore and buy a book there ?
Another thing is food supply . Idk about other european countires, but in the part of Germany where I live, I can see shortage(s) everywhere . It is not really like everything is out or something....but, some shelves never really get fully stocked up for weeks now . Never seen so many empty shelves in so many different stores . Some goods are only available in quantity on certain days, or times of day . In supermarkets, vegetables are in short supply in the afternoons, and the food often does not get restocked, as was usual before . None of all this has happened VERY noticeably before the Pandemic . Empty/half empty shelves were rare . Some good not present was a case of "wonder why" ?
To drive up sustainable local food supply ( which is a pretty nice thing to have in case of a Pandemic ), it is a really good Idea to put money there, instead of buying imported goods, especially if you can get that same product grown/made locally .
In short : the "buy local" drive does not necessarily mean "tribalsm" or "others be damned" . In fact, to see it that way does not do it justice, imho .
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This isn't about justice anymore IMO, it's about revenge for many (too many).
