To Answer Hierarchy. The buy local thing is easy, I live in a second generation neighborhood in Omaha NE, I eat at locally owned neighborhoods, grocery stores, etc, in midtown as much as I can as this helps my neighbors out the most. Then I buy Omaha, then Nebraska, Midwest, then the US. The jump to other countries takes another philosophical leap, since it’s no longer about helping my neighbors, state, country, etc. The leap for me is about Union labor and the conditions of middle class labor in Europe and my frustration as an economist and student of social anthropology (my undergraduate degree).
Did you know European workers start with 4 weeks of paid vacation the day they start a new job (not to mention the many more days of paid holidays per year). I have a decent job in the US but it will take me 20 years to work up to that level. That’s a lot of sweet week long rides I’m missing out on that my European counterparts are gaining… one of many things I support.
Japan is next in it’s treatment of workers, then it goes downhill from there.