I sincerely doubt that. And last I checked, most chip fabs were not in China. There's a lot in South Korea, Taiwan, and Japan. And there's plenty in damn near every western country. Even the Netherlands has a few.
You need to realize that countries other than China have industry.
You're right. If I don't buy cheap shit, I won't get cheap shit. And since "made in China" is a byword for cheap shit, I try to avoid Chinese products.
My home was made in America. My car was assembled in America, and afaik, most of the parts came from Mexico and Japan. My microwave is Japanese. My shirt is from Taiwan. My computer is made from a ton of chips, Taiwan chip fabs. My tools are all made in America. I can go on.
Very little of what I have was made in China. Because China makes "cheap shit". Your words, not mine.
I'm not sure if this is the right place. Lemmy as a whole I mean. It's really lefty, and by that I mean internet lefty.
But I agree. I wish they would just come up with different IP instead of using old ones. At least when they made starfield, you could ignore how bland it was because it wasn't attached to a franchise. And it didn't tank the ES franchise going forward. Harder to do with Dragon Age.
Do you know why things are made in China? Because safety is expensive. Labor rights are expensive. Environmental protection is expensive. Basic human rights are expensive.
As much "America bad" you have in your head, America still has all those things, and things made in America are expensive.
What sells more, a cheap shirt from Walmart or one from a boutique?
The point stands, the Smithsonian has a bunch of racists working for it.