> (It's actually kind of weird that there isn't already anything like this on the books in America; so it was possible for the private sector to e.g. shut down

> (It's actually kind of weird that there isn't already anything like this on the books in America; so it was possible for the private sector to e.g. shut down all the 5.25"-floppy-disk factories, despite military missile control systems still actively depending on them. You'd think governments would wield at least contract law — if not legislation — more eagerly, to protect "critical logisticla dependencies" like these.) 1. The government can just say "we'll spend $10,000 per flop-disk reader" and some one will probably find a way to produce that profitably. 2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defense_Production_Act_of_1950 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defense_Production_Act_of_1950