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[โ€“] andallthat@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

But it's also actually a good point. There are a lot of namely European brands that have been outsourcing production out of Europe.

Should I boycott McDonald's by not buying hamburgers made with (hopefully) meat that was sourced, prepared and cooked in Europe by local workers and then buy Prada bags manufactured in China?

With modern companies it's so hard!

Right now I prefer to boycott McDonald's more for the political message it sends than careful analysis of where the money flows: if enough people stop going to McDonald's it's easy to draw a line between "US administration starting trade wars" to "iconic US brands sales in Europe drop", but it's not like McDonald's is inherently more evil than some big European brands.