It isn’t so much protectionism as government mandated graft.
In terms of transportation infrastructure the USA is behind countries like Kazakhstan and Morocco. We need all the help we can get from other countries. Indeed, the law we need is that we're forbidden to buy from ourselves, and nobody who has ever planned an American transportation system is permitted to do it again without at least 20 years of remedial experience abroad. We need Buy Not American.
I admit I haven’t visited Morocco in 20 years, but based on what I witnessed traveling through the country, this seems incredibly unlikely.
A few major, shiny, “prestige” infrastructure projects don’t represent the average state of their infrastructure.
Which Morocco is absolutely not.
You seem to be viewing things through an extremely western urban viewpoint.
About what other topics would you care to be mistaken?
You think Morocco hitting an estimated 73.7% by 2050 actually supports your position?
It fascinating just how emotionally motivated your reasoning is, to the point that you’re absolutely certain of your position despite it arising from a place of gross ignorance.
Globalization and such have been very good at lowering prices and general increased productivity for most people, but I think its clear that its leaving behind a bunch of people who do not want to be forced into this global market, and get angry about it.