>>2243940This. And i don't want to fearmonger more, but as a 3rd worlder I have already lived through something similar so i have a few points that i want to add:
1) The industry that suffers the most from this it's the healthcare industry, both animal and human. Medications, goods, appliances, repairs, exty, every part of this it's either wholly outsourced and no one remembers how to do it anymore or the components needed to develop it come from different parts of the world with different patents. Simple things like syringes or common medications might be fine, anything more complex like ncu units & equipment or repair and maintenance CT scanners, no.
And if animal healthcare lacks, you become extra vulnerable to zoonotic diseases. fun stuff.
3) the second biggest
victim are the semi-industrial & medium sized electronics. There will always be a black market for phone and laptop parts, but if you need something larger than a tablet or specific tools you're out of luck.
2) everyone wants to sell cheap & easy things to manufacture and can hit the markets quickly. Plastic cups, cheap toys, bullshit like that. No one wants to do the heavy lifting and manufacture vital but not easly selleable things. I won't worry about kawiwi shit or makeup, but the manofacturing of The Specific Bolt That NCU Units Use is a less attractive market.
4) Repairmen become gods among men even if half of their jobs is just wonkly patch things up so they they survive a couple more weeks. The ability to prevent hindances goes out of the window, you don't know how badly things can get until it happen
5) The industry begins to lag and stagnate because most efforts are made to repair, maintain and produce things that already exist instead of manufacturing new things. This is how China gets several times better than you.