Conforming by pure choice. (Kind of venting too.)

[Naztakuan]

I wouldn't say I have a loyalty to a brand because of the brand. I just puchase from brands that have the styles that I want..However I DO have an aversion to certain brands. I won't purchase items that I feel will fund a dammaging system. Like I never shop from Walmart because I don't like their policies and the main REASON why their merchandise is so cheap. It's cheap because they screw people over in foreign countries on prodiction costs and it's bad for the American economy because the outsourced cheap (lead poisoning) labor takes away jobs from former American factory workers. An economy is always going to have issues when it overly depends on imports and cheap labor. I always try to check the tags and materials put into the clothes I buy. I have a political inclination not to purchase leather or anything from China(they need to get their act together) This is a consumerist and capitalist country. As much as we would hate to admit, what we CHOOSE to purchase defines us and our priorities. If we spend most of our income on shoes made by a ten year old living in a country with an oppressive government, it shows where our priorities are.
I prefer to get things manufactured in Japan since there aren't any of the human rights violations that go on in China. Japan produces alot of its own goods because it's better on their economy. I personally feel that we should do the same.