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Thankfully, we are finally seeing how vulnerable we have left ourselves. Just like the best time to plant a tree. The best time to address strategic resource
by robotrout 9y ago
Thankfully, we are finally seeing how vulnerable we have left ourselves.
Just like the best time to plant a tree. The best time to address strategic resource vulnerabilities is 20 years ago. The second best time is now.
We've been too complacent for too long, but now this issue has now been pushed into the public conversation.
- crdoconnor 9y agoThe resource vulnerabilities are nothing compared to US reliance on China's industrial ecosystem. At this point if the the US and China halted trade, China would lose soybeans and corn (easily replaceable) while half the US manufacturing supply chains would be severed leading to truly eye watering inflation. China will almost certainly threaten to use this leverage in the next 5 years to discipline the US. Which is weird, because this is basically how the US has behaved toward developing nations which didn't follow its dictates.
- question_that 9y agoI've never understood why during my lifetime my government has allowed our economy to come to depend on a communist country which is now effectively a dictatorship.
- StreamBright 9y agoBecause your government represent corporate interests much more than it represents you. (See Princeton study for more)
- mistermann 9y agoMe too.....I also don't understand why our club is such a tiny one, while other clubs worrying about comparatively minor risks (scary Russian Hackers!) are so popular.
- fspeech 9y agoUnless China can discipline its other trade partners, it can not effectively block export to the US. This is why over the years there is only US export control against China, not the other way around.