Are we suppose to bury our heads in the sand and deny the reality right in front of us because it is inconvenient? Maybe if people faced reality we wouldn't hav

Are we suppose to bury our heads in the sand and deny the reality right in front of us because it is inconvenient? Maybe if people faced reality we wouldn't have sold off so many western assets and industries in the first place and put us in a bad position compared to them. It wasn't their job to stop us from being stupid and gutting our own industries in favor of their exports and giving them everything they needed to quickly industrialize and modernize.