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GummyBearz

(2,931 posts) Wed Sep 23, 2015, 03:53 PM Sep 2015

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China has fake handbags (stealing trade marks), steals intellectual property (patents), now THIS

They have a fake Obama... geez china make something yourself, stop stealing our stuff

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/meet-chinas-barack-obama-impersonator-2015-09-23-71035833

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China has fake handbags (stealing trade marks), steals intellectual property (patents), now THIS (Original Post) GummyBearz Sep 2015 OP

Don't forget these sharp_stick Sep 2015 #1

Don't they also have a fake Steven Colbert? n/t SwissTony Sep 2015 #3

china makes all these "fakes" because stupid americans buy them because they're cheap nt msongs Sep 2015 #2

Yea GummyBearz Sep 2015 #4

i think they buy them because they're stupid americans. GeorgeGist Sep 2015 #8

Meh... We here in the U.S. do the same. Glassunion Sep 2015 #5

Crossposted from SubterraneanDemocrat.org NuclearDem Sep 2015 #6

The biggest thorn in my side, is the US food industry. Glassunion Sep 2015 #7

sharp_stick

(14,400 posts)

1. Don't forget these

Reply to GummyBearz (Original post)

Wed Sep 23, 2015, 04:04 PM

Sep 2015

Fake Chinese Disneyland

http://www.buzzfeed.com/gabrielsanchez/chinas-eerie-counterfeit-disneyland#.jfqMXOz1D

as well as faked European cities and landmarks.

http://whenonearth.net/11-fake-european-towns-landmarks-made-china/

SwissTony

(2,560 posts)

3. Don't they also have a fake Steven Colbert? n/t

Reply to sharp_stick (Reply #1)

Wed Sep 23, 2015, 04:06 PM

Sep 2015

msongs

(67,420 posts)

2. china makes all these "fakes" because stupid americans buy them because they're cheap nt

Reply to GummyBearz (Original post)

Wed Sep 23, 2015, 04:05 PM

Sep 2015

GummyBearz

(2,931 posts)

4. Yea

Reply to msongs (Reply #2)

Wed Sep 23, 2015, 04:09 PM

Sep 2015

It would be much cheaper to hire the fake obama for a birthday surprise as opposed to the real one

GeorgeGist

(25,321 posts)

8. i think they buy them because they're stupid americans.

Reply to msongs (Reply #2)

Wed Sep 23, 2015, 04:49 PM

Sep 2015

Glassunion

(10,201 posts)

5. Meh... We here in the U.S. do the same.

Reply to GummyBearz (Original post)

Wed Sep 23, 2015, 04:28 PM

Sep 2015

Whatchagonnado?

NuclearDem

(16,184 posts)

6. Crossposted from SubterraneanDemocrat.org

Reply to Glassunion (Reply #5)

Wed Sep 23, 2015, 04:35 PM

Sep 2015

Glassunion

(10,201 posts)

7. The biggest thorn in my side, is the US food industry.

Reply to NuclearDem (Reply #6)

Wed Sep 23, 2015, 04:49 PM

Sep 2015

I could go on for days, citing just how shitty they are to consumers. How they lie in bold print, steal trademarks, and are well... Just a bunch of assholes.

So, when I hear of other countries doing it, I fail to feel sorry because we have turned it into a fine art.

Sorry... Rant over...

I thought it was crossposted with DemocraticSubterrestrial.net?

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