... Wait, why did you assume that? Like, you looked at, in one corner, essentially every economist in the world, and on the other corner ol' Minihands, with his background in failing to sell steak and run casinos, and thought "yeah, this guy's probably right"?
I'm genuinely kind of fascinated; was this a kind of active "expertise is bad, people who don't know anything are more likely to be right about things than experts in those things" thing?
> and even with 24% VAT (local tax) it is way cheaper to produce your merch and then send it to USA
If you are paying VAT on product which you are then exporting to the US, then you need to urgently talk to an accountant. You should likely not be paying this, and depending on the country you may have a limited window to reclaim such overpayment.