Hi people!
I'm European (Italian) and, while I try to avoid talking politics on the internet, I feel it's obvious I don't appreciate the tariffs. As a woman, I obviously don't appreciate the intent to reduce women's freedom either, consider me biased. Let's not think of it as politics, but purely self-interest.
I greatly (90%+) reduced my use of Amazon, gave up Reddit, Facebook and Instagram, and well known American food brands (usually junk food chains and sugary beverages), reduced my use of Google apps (switched to a physical calendar for example, but it's hard to degoogle entirely) and working on reducing screen time in general, but let's be honest, it can be confusing and overwhelming. I'm not nearly enough of a techie to dare to root my Android phone. I wouldn't buy a Tesla simply because I don't like them or any car that gives me little to no control as the driver, no need for anything ideological about it.
Of course I don't think "USA bad but everywhere else is fine". I want the money I spend to go towards European Countries, and countries that don't actively, directly or indirectly, harm or bully me or those I hold dear.
My money usually goes towards: 1) DIY and gardening tools 2) food, mostly fresh real food and ready made meals, potentially interested in healthy-ish ultra-long shelf-life stuff 3) sport and science and outdoor equipment (duffle bags, technical clothing, running shoes, amateur citizen science tools for naturalists, camping equipment, fitness and sports things, maps, lots of health supplements, lots of paper books) 4) organizing items to keep a tidy home (including enamel pins that I use as labels and reminders) 5) natural fibers (cotton or wool) clothes (but won't be needing new ones for a while)
Let's be honest, I don't want to pour a lot of effort into this intention of voting with my wallet, I just want to do my part in my small way. So I wondered if there is any advice or resource that puts (mostly) everything together for ease of consultation (and ideally an/another Italian list I can share with my people).
I do check labels when I remember to do it, but maybe you have useful suggestions and recommendations, tips, experiences. I feel that I'm more likely to listen to people who give me advice rather than impersonal alphabetic lists for some reason, it strengthens my commitment.
This reminds me of a recurrent thing in life: someone competes following a set of rules, and the other player doesn't follow them. Of course that gives them an advantage.
There are two logical options to make the game fair again:
1)finding a way to make the second player follow the original rules
2)accepting the new game with its changed rules