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Not necessarily. A country can be prosperous with no foreign trade. Earth has no foreign trade and extreme poverty there fell by 50% between 2000 and 2012. C
by stretchwithme 9y ago
Not necessarily. A country can be prosperous with no foreign trade.
Earth has no foreign trade and extreme poverty there fell by 50% between 2000 and 2012. China is not even an order of magnitude smaller.
- tonyedgecombe 9y agoEither way you might still have totalitarianism.
- stretchwithme 9y agoThat's true. Totalitarianism is a function of ideas. And other factors, of course. Like geography. Earth does not have a totalitarian government for that reason. It's too hard to control the whole thing, while it would be much easier if it were one contiguous flat continent. Probably the reason Europe isn't, but China and Russia are. And why North America may be in the long run (yikes!).
- ikeyany 9y agoMy understanding is that Earth imports almost 100% of its energy without generating any for export. Would you care to see what happens when its foreign energy supply is truly cut off?
- stretchwithme 9y agoTrue of all countries.
- stretchwithme 9y agoAnd we are not trading with the sun.
- liberte82 9y agoEven worse, we're just stealing from it!
- liberte82 9y agoMake The Sun Great Again, that trade deficit is monstrous, Earth has been taking advantage of us for far too long.