let the chair burning begin

Happens all the time. No one makes a big deal out of it, though.

but it does not happen enough it seems that copies are the new normal and have been for a long time

but a discerning consumer will appreciate the real mccoy something made well and in america

LOL. I just learned today that there is a new Mercedes plant, here in the USA, that was built to build Mercedes Benz vehicles for "China".

I guess that the quality of Mercedes vehicles built in Germany is too high for China.

Secondly I wonder if this plant will be able to duplicate the new car "fish smell" instead of the "new car smell" that we in the USA crave.

There are a lot of empty car carrier ships traveling empty, crossing the Pacific westbound. Benz doesn't do unions, either.

Perhaps they'll use the "Harbor Freight smell"?