I have my own theory that companies like Samsung and TSMC build plants in western nations primarily to hybridize this culture and avoid falling into certain traps. If Samsung can figure out how to get their American flash and LSI lines to yield the same as the Korean lines, they've probably achieved a more robust manufacturing process.
You need some number of people with ego to tell you what they really think, be resistant to things they see as bad, etc, etc. Otherwise you will waste untold sums in the time it takes to realize your mistakes they would have told you about a week after you rolled them out.
Those of my friends who worked for Korean companies generally agree that decision makers are not interested in the local culture beyond whether people belonging to it will accept certain rules.
It so happens that my country has a culture of overwork, so we're compatible enough.
Cooperation has to serve the ego, individual and/or collective, or there will be no cooperation.
Think of it this way: some almost Fascists back in the day knew how that thing would end and/or play out and decided against cooperation.
Enough actual Fascists survived anyway and the narrative and their actions still serve the same conviction. Some are rich and influential and fascist as fuck while others live in delusions.