bflr
Don’t kid yourself, there’s some of that behavior going on here in the good old USA with Chinese nationals.
The Red Devils wore Prato
The parasite is about to kill the host and we placed it on ourselves.
Italy, like us, is committing suicide - and are further along than us. It’s such an incredibly beautiful country, with a very long history of great craftsmanship in many areas (clothing, shoes, ceramics, glass, architectural design, ship building, furniture, cabinetry, jewelry, wine making, etc. etc.) - but like us they are letting their heritage and manufacturing base be taken from them.
In the meantime, immigration continues (although at least recorded immigration has eased a bit), Italy’s economy is in a mess, and the birthrate of Italians hit a record low in 2013.
All of those illegal factories exist simply because of government corruption, with bought-off officials looking the other way.
The same way your "Made in the USA" label really means "Made in a Sweatshop in L.A. by Illegal Aliens."