Domo
They don't think short term.
Some crazy history going on here, going back to The Imperial Cruise. Has to be read/researched to be understood. We're all still living the consequences.
As an Avid Nikon lover, the rangefinders, F's, F2, F3, I really wouldn't have to tell anyone that they make the finest stuff on earth.
Their lens coatings, much origination in Germany, history again, are the best.
Yet Nikons came out of nowhere as the best press cameras ever made in conflict zones, and they were not accepted at first, but couldn't be denied.
Next, their handed the Brits their motorcycle industry on a plate, the Suzuki X-6 Hustler, a 250 that blow the doors off a Triumph 650, didn't last long before BSA/Triumph/Norton were done and eventually GSXR's and eventually Hayabusas ruling the streets of America.
Then the American car/truck industry.
I feel to for people who drive Chevys/Fords, poor people like us who drive the old ones.
Only the down and out drive these things in the county here, down and out after 3 transmission overhauls in as many years on a Ford F250, etc.
Subaru is king here. All mail people drive them. Posers drive big SUVs, still Japanese, and the bubbas drive big loud jacked up Chevys/Fords.
Everyone in family all up and down West coast drives Subaru, a conclusion we all came to separately around the same time.
So to me, its kinda neat seeing this happen, and they deserve it.
The stories of American owned and passed around music companies is a tragic one, what CBS did to Fender, what Norlin did to Gibson, just to name two, the potential has always been there for the worst to happen, and this is so far from the worst.