Oh, like the inelastic supply of oil. Do you want government to prop oil prices to save jobs in the USA?
Except when oil IS elastic, of course. So throw away that irrelevancy.
However one thing that is not elastic is real estate. We’re shipping enough money to China for it to buy California, so to speak. Maybe it SHOULD buy California. It would then impose its nationalistic rules on California, which would do better.
But remember again, being such a libre hombre means you are also libre to commit harakiri. You can! But don’t expect kudos when you do.