1) The alternative would be to not buy services or products that do not have local content. Use consumer power. 2) Ignore articles that clam this inevitable. It's not. It's a choice. Make it embarrassing and unprofitable to support this choice. 3) Stay informed and demand a perspective from politicians. Global capitalism is seriously broken- we know this - let's motivate people to talk more about it before the next crisis. China has recently put forward Sociasm with Chinese characteristics as developing model for the world. It's working. Maybe we need to take a hard look at what they are doing and what the West is not. I mean aside from copying and buying all the tech. We know that.