---
title: ""1) Does “buy local” mean “sell local,” that local sellers should…"
date: 2020-08-24
source: facebook
type: Archer T. Ships shared a link.
---

# "1) Does “buy local” mean “sell local,” that local sellers should…

*August 24, 2020 · Facebook*

::::: {}
::: {}
[https://www.libertarianism.org/articles/twisted-logic-buy-local](https://www.libertarianism.org/articles/twisted-logic-buy-local){target="_blank"}
:::

::: {}
\"1) Does "buy local" mean "sell local," that local sellers should only sell to local buyers? Note that if you're allowed to sell to outsiders then you are violating the buy local strictures of those places where outsiders live. But if we must buy all of our goods and services locally (those of us able to, that is) but it's okay to sell to outsiders when they come to town to visit, or to export to other communities, then the slogan should really be "Buy Local, Sell Global!" In which case buy‐​localism wouldn't be a universal moral principle but a narrowly self‐​serving policy. So to be consistent, buy‐​localism should apply equally to all localities everywhere, and that would mean no exports as well as no imports.\
\
2) One implication of this is that if we travel outside our own community, we'd better be prepared to buy locally and take with us everything we expect to consume on the road, including food and housing, if we don't want to violate "buy local."\"
:::
:::::