They “unelected government” (big corporations) have been in charge for decades, and after the 1971 gold/dollar de-peg around 1975, their PRIMARY objective was lower cost material and labor.
Getting woman into the workforce, plus using foreign labor, imports, gleaned lower per capita diluted USA wages, and manipulating the commodity prices on the COMEX, they were able to achieve cheaper materials also. That was my only point. They won. Nothing left to win. After 2008.