You appear to be subscribing to a weird variant of the lump of labor fallacy here. There's nothing stopping the locals from working remotely for a foreign comp

You appear to be subscribing to a weird variant of the lump of labor fallacy here. There's nothing stopping the locals from working remotely for a foreign company -- except a shared language, connections in the field, relevant skills and a proven track record, which are why the nomad is employed by the foreign company and the local is not.