All-American Made

We all know that our nation steadily imports foreign everything—automobiles, machinery, food, fuel, booze, electronics, clothing, etc., etc.—yet we, as Red-blooded Americans, buy into it. But why? The cold hard truth is that the majority of the planet can't stand America, Americans, and products made here. Very few locations around the globe do have a fondness for us [like this list shows]. But those are too few and far between, imo.

Now, locations that do share a liking for Americans and our products—like Canada’s demand for American cars, for instance—should be prioritized within the minds of the citizens of this fine country. One hand washes the other and both wash the face!

Bottom line:

We should NOT be consuming, wearing, or driving any kind of anything from countries with a hostile and/or unfavorable stance on America. Period. End of discussion. Every time we do, we’re lining the pockets of folks who couldn’t care less about us, and we’re leaving our own people high and dry. Many times over, we screw ourselves by jumping in those bandwagons and riding it to our own ruin! Luckily, there’s still a great many nations that love us .

But in all honesty, there’s something underlying that don’t sit well with me and it’s this: the fact that because Americans want to be paid accordingly, we’re seen as “wanting higher wages” than that of others in different countries working in sweat-shop conditions for slave wages. Nah! We Americans have our native Indian spirit and Pioneer scruples that make up our work ethics. Blue collar patriots know our worth.

And let’s be real: America ain’t perfect, but when push comes to shove, we grind, we hustle, and we put in the work. Don’t let anybody tell you different. That’s the DNA of this place—from the ironworkers who built the bridges, to the moms and pops running corner bodegas, to the truckers moving goods cross-country.

Blind to Our Own

Now here’s where it really burns me up. We Americans are blind to the fact that our own kids are being trafficked and prostituted right here on U.S. soil. Is it as rampant as the exaggerated numbers claim? No. The Washington Post fact-check broke down the “100,000 children” figure and proved it was sloppy, inflated, and misquoted. But let’s not sugarcoat it—trafficking of American children does still happen in droves.

Yet notice how the media and politicians love shifting our focus elsewhere. Obama declared January 2017 “National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month”—but framed it as a fight “around the world,” with barely a whisper about our own backyards. Michelle’s viral “#BringBackOurGirls”? aimed at Nigerian girls who were kidnapped by Nigerians. Tragic, no doubt. But where was the same outcry (or the same campaign) for our daughters and sons disappearing right here? The silence is deafening.

That’s the trick: they keep us outraged at someone else’s crisis while ignoring the smoke billowing from our own house. And like I always said back when I worked security: you must first secure yourself before you can guarantee the safety of others.

The Real American Duty

And that’s what ties this all together. Our money, our labor, our compassion—they should be invested HERE first. Our goods, our jobs, our safety—it’s our responsibility to defend them. The bigwigs and talking heads will try to guilt-trip you into thinking home-first policies are selfish or inhumane. DON'T FALL FOR IT! Supporting your own is not selfish—it’s the very meaning of self-preservation, as we must preserve our own reserves to maintain our way of life before things fall apart sooner than we’d like. (not that we'd like it, per se, but it is inevitable).

Whether it’s keeping our economy alive by buying American, or keeping our children safe by putting their lives above foreign headlines, the principle is the same: take care of your own before you try to fix the rest of the world.

So here’s the deal: we should make it our business to support our own, all on our own. Because if we don’t fight for America—our workers, our products, our kids—nobody else will.

BUY AMERICAN. PROTECT AMERICAN. Because, you know, we’re like… American. So yeah, there’s that.