We all know America is not what it used to be. Has things changed as a result?
Personally I stay educated about origin of products if it be actual origin or partly origin or that a source of profit goes where. I actively avoid American products whenever I can to show my disgust of what is going on with America.
Sometimes I dont care and buy a Coke or a Mars bar, I am not 100 percent strickt. I just generally avoid American products whenever I can.
How about you?
I have had to make a choice twice in my life so far (and now it coming up on #3) as to whether I want to stay in this country. I'm American.
I have had 2 opportunities to permanently leave while I was living abroad. Neither would have been extremely easy, per se, but it was certainly an option for me. Once was in Europe, and once was in New Zealand.
I opted to come back, both times. And I think I am going to let this upcoming opportunity pass as well.
Why?
It's not because I like being here. It's not because I agree with most of what's going on.
It's because I see America, and Americans, for what they actually are. You obviously don't. Seems to be you have a very bigoted, one-sided view of what goes on in America. That's pretty common for your type - people who claim to know more about what's going on here than Americans do, and trust me, I ran into your type plenty while I was abroad. They lasted all of 5 minutes before it was obvious they had no idea what they were talking about.
America is not some crazy dictatorship. Not even close. America is a troubled, young country that is following a predictable course for any empire. Including all the empires that existed in your part of the world in the past.
The fall is inevitable, but what comes after that is up to us. There are examples of great post-empiric outcomes, and terrible ones.
And Americans are more involved and passionate about what goes on in their country than any other place in the world. Probably unlike you, I can confirm that with experience. It was a sense of unending frustration for me, everywhere in Europe I went, how apathetic Europeans are. They sit idly by and watch the politics in their own countries get crazier and crazier. And they bitch about it a lot, but guess what? Most of them don't vote. That's why they have extremeists of all stripes slowly infiltrating their politics - the sane people don't vote. They don't care.
Things on the other side of the pond aren't fantastic - I won't pretend they are. But people here care, and they try. Why do you think most of the people here are Americans? The civil responsibility culture in America is unlike any other anywhere in the developed world. It is a part of being American engrained in us from the day we're born. I was protesting the Iraq war in front of the White House when I was 15. And what the hell were you doing?
Supporting good American companies is supporting the unique American movement, and the people who are trying to aim us in the right direction as we ride out a difficult part of the history of any empire. I'd support that over European apathy any day of the week.
Yes, it also supports our economy. But part of that economy belongs to the people who are actively engaged in their democracy, and trying as hard as they can to change things for the better. And they probably outnumber the entire population of your country, 2 or 3 times over at least. That's what you're so pissy about supporting?
Don't wanna help? We don't need ya.
Also they are almost always the more expensive compared to generic brands and since most Europeans look at costs when buying foods/stuff, then there is almost an automatic "boycotting" there. Plus quite a few US food stuffs are banned in Europe.. mostly beef related. But other than Hamburgers.. what is American food? 
