My views on this......
There are many companies that make parts (read, most or all parts) in another country and "assemble" them here and state "Made in the USA" or "Assembled in the USA" A play on words that a lot of people miss without good research. If it's profitable it will be done regardless of honor, loyalty or pride. Look for the "made in China" stickers that are already on certain parts of our (supposedly) superior CVO's.
The handwriting is on the wall. The mother ship knows that we loyalists are almost gone (the once, core, Harley rider is getting old and our riding time is nearing an end) and the influence we once carried has all but vanished. The newer marketing, AND, bike lines is pretty aggressive for Harley. The marketing to the up and coming generation of riders (however many riders that may be) (no disrespect to those who don't fit this bill) is to riders that mother Harley, I'm sure knows, will not have a clue about all things Harley that we are all too familiar with. These people will not know to complain about, or dwell on, all these things that we have all been suffering through for years. Hell, these people don't even know what a telephone is. Not many will ride far enough to test warranties or longevity of wear parts.
It's my guess that mother Harley can't wait to get rid of us so that their biggest problems and complaints will be the sound system on an electric bicycle.
For any of us to think or believe that Harley will ever be better than they are right now, well, that would be naive. Added competition will be solely about sales numbers and adding more plastic parts to actually match the competitions lower build costs. Think about it, Harley is not going to be able to sell at such a higher cost than the "real" competition to this new breed of rider. How do we think they are going to get there? certainly not by upping the quality.
JMO