[bsder]

> Everyone is going to turn that order down because there’s no money or future in it, but there’s plenty of better work that pays better from companies who want to keep using your services in the future.

Until there isn't, and you go bankrupt because you didn't generate new independent business.

Maximally efficient is minimally robust. Or, perhaps you prefer: efficiency is the reciprocal of resilience.

And, by the way, China somehow manages to support these small manufacturers. For example: Chitu Systems supplies the small volumes of LCD screens for 3d resin printers.