I think, perhaps wrongly, that we tend to buy quality 'to a point' and that point is when it becomes painful or when we are uneducated & don't know how to distinguish difs. Eightbore hit the nail on the head in some very real respects.
Nevertheless, Chinese goods represent more than only the Chinese making money on the transactions .. sellers on this end and buyers too get what they pay for whether it be a profit or a product. Inflation IS alive and quite well, thank you. Alas that is another subject, tho much more germane to this one than many may realize.
Good value [design & quality of execution] are what ultimately has the best return on investment. Markets tend bear that out.
Politics is economicaly driven irrespective of the form of government. There is a tendency to get quality of life issues confused with economic ones. Related? Yes. Mutually exclusive? No. But with the proviso that you won't be buying many bespoke pairs without some economic means at hand. OTOH, hundred dollar sneakers says something about the current global value system that is more deafening than not wearing hearing protection when shooting. Fashion above substance. Perhaps it has always been so. Looking through what were thot to be case colored glasses from other places .. until the lenses get scratched.
