You can't replace China or the US with other countries. They are massive economies there is no one to replace them with. Do you need them not not necessarily but be prepared for your economy to shrink.
Sure we might be the tenth largest but that doesn't make us big. We are small in comparison to the tip five. We do not have the scale for a do.estic auto market unless the companies are fine being tiny. And that's not the way the world works now.
Doesn't matter there we'll never be a replacement for YouTube the cost is to great. Think of the storage they barely remove videos they just stay up there.
That is the plan and has been since the indentured servants and slaves rebelled. And they turned us against each other. It works remarkably well and has for centuries.
I ripped to flacs not because I can hear a difference but I can reencode to any format I want and never have to rip again.