I don't disagree with anything you're saying. I think we're making the same point, namely that if one business operates American-style and the other business op

I don't disagree with anything you're saying. I think we're making the same point, namely that if one business operates American-style and the other business operates third-world style, the third-world style business will win on price every time, making it incredibly, prohibitively difficult to operate "American-style" at scale. America itself operated "third-world style" for centuries.