Americans were taught to think that way. It was bred into them from when they were old enough to understand. The clothes here are not the crap they send to America, that stuff is junk like you say. Everything here is made of cotton or has a majority of cotton in it. It is cheap because the people are poor. They can only pay so much so they are only charged so much. That is my point though. We think that more expensive is better but we made it that way. I would rather buy 30 shirts for $2 than one for $60. Soon that shirt won't be $60 anymore. America buys brands not quality and we tell ourselves it is because it will last longer but in truth we only wear an article of clothing around 20 times before we replace it, some even less. What does quality matter if it is replaced before it wears out? Some are like me and keep the same things for a decade or so but most don't. Bigger and better is a must. We just need to change how we think if we want change to happen.

See, nice cotton is a luxury here. You have NO IDEA, the extent to which we wee sold out to China. We lost all of our furniture makers, auto makers, clothing manufacturers, foods went processed and became "food like products". Our rice from China is plastic. and saw dust was discovered to have made up 30% of the meat in a taco bell taco. Other junk is chemically laden to get people addicted and to increase profits for corporations. In short, you think people pay more because they are label conscious and its not the case most often. People pay more because they want the real thing, what use to be good, normal and expected quality of American made goods. U.S. made was starting to come back under Trump and prices were coming down and jobs were on the rise. Its not the talking heads media. It is government and corporate corruption setting the stage. WE did have a tiny home trend and people have become more minimalistic and are cutting out excesses. We are getting it sorted out.👍