Ironically the base justification for protecting local car manufacturing is so they can be transformed into building tanks and bombers in case of war. But prot

Ironically the base justification for protecting local car manufacturing is so they can be transformed into building tanks and bombers in case of war. But protecting them in such a way that they can't even transition from one kind of car to another over several decades and are unable to complete basic tasks that involve computers seems almost counter productive. Actively weakening the country at great financial cost.