Undeveloped Islands Prove That National Self-Industrialization Isn't Real

I remembered I wrote an article that challenged the Heneral Lunatic Internet personality that he should test his theory of self-industrialization on an uncharted island. Now it's time to raise some practical knowledge of history since the idiot told us to study history. Now let's try and apply his theory to an uncharted island to prove him wrong. 

We read the conversation between Leo Martinez's character and Heneral Lunatic. I will translate the Filipino into English for the sake of non-Filipino readers. Martinez's character says, "But General, it's true that there are man negative effects from foreign investments but there's no other way to develop our economy. Let's just accept it." Then Lunatic replies the most absurd statement ever when he says, "You study history, Paterno. All the first world countries became industrialized not through foreign investments. They forwarded true land reforms then they protected the small businesses from the foreigners. From that they expanded and became a huge national industry."

Let's challenge the stupidity of his statement. He wants us to study history then we'll give him a history lesson. Basic economics, history and current events prove that he's definitely in the wrong about his promise of self-industrialization. Let's take the situation to an uncharted island. If what Lunatic says is true that the first world countries didn't progress through foreign investments but through self-industrialization - then let's take a look at the current state of undeveloped islands, shall we?

If that were true then why are these undeveloped islands that didn't have foreign investments become the huge national industry that Lunatic is talking about? Instead, they are still indigenous islands that are living with indigenous way of life in this day and age? Why didn't they become the progressive cities born out of national self-industrialization? It's because self-industrialization is just impossible. They have nothing but the island itself to industrialize. Could they get into the digital age with just the island itself? Could they get progress without trading with foreigners? The answer is no. Those natives are still living in their indigenous way of life and they need foreign influence for them to be brought out of the stone age. 

That's why I suggest that those who still insist protectionism works better than free trade should test their theory on an uncharted island. They will be stripped of all their modern conveniences brought in by foreigners such as the Internet (and ironically, they brag about how nationalistic they are on the Internet), the use of machinery from different parts of the globe and their smartphones. They will have nothing but the island's resources to build their own ideal kingdom where there will be no foreign investments. If there will be any small businesses then they will be going back to indigenous money since paper money isn't a Filipino invention. I wonder how life will be in their ideal state?