The way it works in any country where workers can't afford to buy the products today, so I imagine as in those countries that function most like the stereotypic

The way it works in any country where workers can't afford to buy the products today, so I imagine as in those countries that function most like the stereotypical African developing country. So I imagine that the result would be that industry devolved into the manufacturing of luxury products, in the style of the top-class products of ancient Rome.