I went to open the door on our microwave last week, and the handle fell off in my hands. I went online to order a new handle, none in stock and $249. A $250 handle for a $500 microwave that is also our vent-a-hood for the stove. We will just live with a broken handle until we remodel the kitchen in a year or so.
Imagine if you will...
A country that abandons it #1 asset... Manufacturing.
Then allows it's sworn Communist enemy to become the #1 Manufacturer for the entire world.
Then that sworn enemy devastates your country by simply not selling you parts or products.
It like a B rate Reality TV show we are living.