Originally Posted by HiYoSilver
A buyer of any product can apply any criteria to the purchase. Buyers do not have to past a current media hyped political correctness. Sellers are restricted in discriminations, buyers are not. This buyer does not to use his money to support potential enemy regimes. Taiwan will never be a military threat to USA. PRC is on the road to developing a more modern military force. Is this a threat? Who knows. Maybe this buyer remembers post WWII and the 2 red enemies. One disolved. The other is being attempted to be moved from enemy to friend category by increased trade. If he evaluates this as hooey, and doesn't want to support this, that's his right.
All true. But he's already got his answer: the $500 cannondale at an LBS.
American labor simply cannot make or sell a bike for $79. That bike's price is a direct result of all the things with which the original poster claims to have a problem. Either one's principles matter or they do not. Personally, I think they should matter most when there's something on the line, when there's a personal sacrifice involved - like $420. Otherwise, it's all just noise.