Will people start boycotting Made in USA?



With most countries dumping Tesla cars and Tesla stocks could people also start looking beyond Made in USA. 
The latest bombshell of allegations of people in high positions in America allegedly interfering with Romanian investigations got me wondering has America become too toxic.
Its no secret over the past few weeks America garnered plenty of publicity, most negative. With the addition of two immigrants accused of amongst others, rape and sex trafficking being welcomed into the country. Are people starting to think its time to give America a miss?
At the moment it seems a very toxic environment and I know most people aren’t what the is portrayed in the media but its not a great advertisement. The American tourist board must be working overtime at the moment to try to reassure people that the country is general sane.
When I say are people going to bypass America, I don’t just mean giving a trip to Disney World a miss. Although tourism might start getting hit as people start looking for alternatives for their holidays. I’m saying people could start looking for alternatives across the board.
At the moment Tesla has taken the burden of the erratic goings on at the moment, with people expressing their unhappiness of the actions of the Tesla CEO. People could broaden their protest spirit by saying no to American goods from cars to streaming services.
It’s been reported that there is many showing their support for companies still implementing DEI policies and boycotting companies that don’t. Why couldn’t that spread to more companies, and even other countries saying no thanks to Made in USA.
There are alternatives to Made in USA products. For instance, Ford and GMC aren’t the only people to make cars. Netflix isn't the only streaming service around and with their periodic price rises, people might be thinking about cancelling anyway, and Hollywood isn’t the only place that makes movies. I’m having trouble thinking of something that can’t be sourced from other countries.
As I write this, I can’t help but be reminded of peoples buying protests during the Apartheid era in South Africa. Although different countries had different sanctions concerning South African products as a way of placing pressure for change, individuals also became conscience of where their products/produce came from and refused to buy South African products/produce. So, although there might never be any official sanctions, people might start checking the labels more and decide they want anything to do with the policies or governing bodies of America.
This might not just be restricted to international countries, but people might continue to use it as a form of protest domestically and expand their scope. If people stop buying American or avoid companies that enforce poor work practices, people in power would have to take notice because at the moment the only thing the people in charge seem to be concerned about is money.
If policies and thinking on how people are treated don’t get back to some resemblance of normality, I can see people protesting with their wallets both internally and externally, which is only going to impact the average person even more, but that’s the thing with capitalism people can always vote with their wallets.

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