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A lot of that whining is just getting what you paid for and then coping with racism. Like, yeah if you buy the cheapest possible stuff you can find it's probably gonna suck. But that's not because Chinese goods are poorly made, it's because cheap goods are poorly made.
I would say that price hasn't had any bearing on quality for a decade at least. People are just holding this underlying assumption that "more expensive" = "higher quality" but most expensive stuff is just branded with a fancier brand and is often made in the exact same factory as the "cheap" option.
That's true for some stuff (premium cables come to mind) but there's also some things you should still be suspicious of if they're being sold dirt cheap, like tools. I wouldn't trust a dollar store saw to cut anything