Instead of contributing to (fascist) US companies I'd love to see people looking at alternative to the big companies we have right not.
We should look at manufacter are actually trying to be better, more considerate with people (all the people not just the west) and the environment.
In the tech space no one cares or no one dares to raise their voice against the big companies, their anti-consumer policies, their green-washing and definitely their genocidal fascist ideology.
Yes probably thinkpad are good laptops. If you're on a budget just do whatever you can, if you buy System76 you are not "on a budget".
2 companies I know of that seems to go on a better path than most I see in comments here are slimbook (https://slimbook.com/) and maybe Tuxedo (https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/).
We should be better than this.