Do you also avoid optics made in Japan, Germany, Austria?
By all means buy what makes you happy. Doing a bit of research beforehand will let you avoid buying stuff made in places you don't like.
I look for optics made made in Japan. Never had one go bad. Weaver, SWFA, Trijicon track and hold zero. Worse thing that happened was Weaver going under and losing their classic line of optics. They gave people a $250 hunting scope that had decent glass, tracked and held zero.
