A nation wants to build a skyscraper
So they build the roof, sorry import it, then wait for the local contractors to do the foundation
After 25 years, a new President imports the windows; they are world-class windows, solar-enabled, but no structure to fix them on
The President's supporters hail, “the windows mean the house is getting completed”, which is factual and correct, but still no foundation.
The next President comes and says we must use local windows, so the imported windows are left in the warehouse
A guy comes and asks about the foundation, the people respond, “Why are you not celebrating the local content of the window”? Be patriotic
A new President comes, and he says too much time has been spent debating windows, so he starts a plumbing reform project
Yeah, the foundation is still not built, but that's a minor detail. The plumbing reforms are what we need to move the nation forward