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I am pretty shocked that this hasn't been more of a narrative since the PPE shortages of COVID. I guess it's expected that the people who have been pushing the
by parineum 5y ago
I am pretty shocked that this hasn't been more of a narrative since the PPE shortages of COVID.
I guess it's expected that the people who have been pushing the free trade globalization angle wouldn't want to turn and admit that strategy has a significant downside that's been ignored. Not to say that it doesn't have upside.
- leppr 5y agoThe upside is shifting resources to focus on industries with less competition like software and semiconductors. No country can sustain the current quality of life of their citizens without imports.
- wizzwizz4 5y agoOur planet as a whole does, so this doesn't seem to be a universal truth.
- SubiculumCode 5y agoThis. I make the same argument when the question is in regards to whether a large national economy can do well in a silo. It seems to me that the U.S. is large enough to provide all types of resources, were they developed.