Of course because things are made cheap. sold for less and now people have more than they need and easily disposable and not made to last/ Does that make us materially better? I say no
Your logic doesn't fly here.
No one says you can only buy cheap and easily disposable products from China, right? Chinese imports only provides more options to folks who can't afford higher and stuff. Why is that a bad thing? If you don't like furniture made in China, they are better ones made in Italy, no one says you have to buy Chinese products, right?
Your logic is like saying H&M shouldn't exist because their products are too cheap and don't last long enough, and everyone should go buy Armani. Funny, eh?
You might counter-argue that Chinese imports take Canadian jobs away, etc. The truth is, if most Canadians prefer higher quality, more expensive Canadian products, stuff made in Canada should still have a strong market and would still be able to make money, isn't that right? For example, Iphone is a lot more expensive than some cheap mobile phone made in China, but that didn't prevent Iphones to sell better than anyone else, did it?
In sum, if Canadians don't like cheap products from China, they may choose to buy high quality products. It makes no sense to complain the sheer availability of Chinese products that some other people will choose to buy. Go to Harry Rosen, there are expensive socks not made in China I am sure.
And if Chinese cheap labour takes away Canadian manufacture jobs, that only means the market has determined that the quality of Canadian made products are not high enough to justify its much higher price, what is complain here? Go back to the drawing board and made superior products that make consumers think worth their price, like Apple does. If you can't do that, that means you are a loser in the market. And true, losers always complain.
