[midoridensha]

>The other point of view is that the industry would have been entirely off shored.

No, it wouldn't have. The ownership might have, but that's ok. Lots of great cars are built in the USA, by American workers, by companies like BMW and Honda and Toyota. If GM had been allowed to die, that would have simply meant more foreign-brand-owned factories in the US.

Why do you care so much about the nationality of the top execs?