> There is no fixing this. The west cannot afford to start industrialising because it lacks skilled manual labour, it put too many legal obstacles regarding ecology, the costs are astronomical which makes it unviable form day one, and most importantly - it lacks cheap energy which is absolutely crucial to have a blossoming heavy industries.

I enjoy doomerism as much as the next person, but honestly those all seem like incredibly fixable things that just require the right policy changes and sustained investment. Western countries certainly have the democratic government systems and financial resources necessary to do those things if they so choose.