Luckily for the rest of the world, your elites have made that mistake.

perhaps themselves driven by global consumers culture that doesn't care how or where something was made as long as it's slightly cheaper.

i don't think they view it as a mistake

The Capitalists Will [outsource the manufacturing of] the Rope with Which We Will Hang Them -- original quote attributed to various famous communists

https://quoteinvestigator.com/2018/02/22/rope/