The only people responsible for GM’s demise..........is GM.
General Motors had 30+ years to seriuosly change its operation, alter the way it dealt with the UAW, and invest more in the way it developed and built cars. It took the easiest route on all of those and now reaps the results.
Maybe some real car companies..........Toyota, Nissan, Honda, Hyundai....will come in and grab this mantle for the next half century or so.
GM should have taken a long hard strike back in 1980 or so. Their products were junk in those days, so they wouldn't have been missed from the marketplace. perhaps they could have avoided the hellhole they're in now by applying some pushback to the UAW.
GM's problems came as the result of GM's board. No discipline, no attitude of an owner, just roll over and take it with Ford and Chrysler because the contracts were the same. The executives got nice paychecks and bonuses for avoiding a strike. They should have been fired by the board.