Re:Patagonia Is Boycotting Facebook, Urges Other Companies t...
by JPKab on Friday October 29, 2021 @01:49PM
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Agree 100%.
Patagonia could (and used to) make their products in the US, sell them for the same prices, and still make a profit. They don't, and instead chose to outsource their manufacturing to countries where environmental regulations, even if they exist, are seldom enforced.
This is a canonical example of companies who embrace a veneer of social good piety, and under the surface are utterly hypocritical.
Most of the items in the brand are entirely, as you say, social status signals.
Patagonia could (and used to) make their products in the US, sell them for the same prices, and still make a profit. They don't, and instead chose to outsource their manufacturing to countries where environmental regulations, even if they exist, are seldom enforced.
This is a canonical example of companies who embrace a veneer of social good piety, and under the surface are utterly hypocritical.
Most of the items in the brand are entirely, as you say, social status signals.