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It doesn't even have to be a war with China, or involving the US. Like, say Panama has a civil war that shuts down the canal. That adds a huge cost to shipping
by dukeyukey 3y ago
It doesn't even have to be a war with China, or involving the US.
Like, say Panama has a civil war that shuts down the canal. That adds a huge cost to shipping, going around South America. Or say Europe (but not the US) gets involved in a war with Russia, redirecting the _massive_ European manufacturing capacity to local needs instead of exports.
- anovikov 3y agoBut well if that happens, it's so easy to take Panama back over just simply.
- bee_rider 3y agoIt is hard to speculate about this sort of stuff. Container ships going through canals and other tight spaces are pretty vulnerable; even if you “take over,” it could be hard to stabilize things to the point where nobody can sneak around shooting rockets and whatnot. See the Red Sea situation, which is different in many ways, but goes to show that small groups with rockets can still be a big pain. All that is just to say, it is nice to have local production of stuff like food and energy that is needed to keep things going.