If the current situation counts as “enduring”, then I can endure for a long time yet. 

What severe scenarios do you foresee?

From my vantage, things are pretty good and mostly improving.

If you wait long enough, everything ends. 

A useful question is how long you're willing to wait, and what you're willing to endure in the interim. 

elvismercury

Interesting. You could think of a bunch of those as in-kind subsidies.

I can see why it would be unacceptably costly for someone to try outcompeting them head on.

Eventually, there will likely be a technological advancement that makes another production process profitable. Then, being so heavily invested in the current technology will be a disadvantage.

econ

Getting manufacturing back

Interesting. You could think of a bunch of those as in-kind subsidies. 

I can see why it would be unacceptably costly for someone to try outcompeting them head on. 

Eventually, there will likely be a technological advancement that makes another production process profitable. Then, being so heavily invested in the current technology will be a disadvantage. 