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I mean, China, EU's common market, heck, even just pre-war Ukraine would not be far behind for that.
by BlueTemplar 2y ago
I mean, China, EU's common market, heck, even just pre-war Ukraine would not be far behind for that.
- alephnerd 2y agoJust about every single trillion dollar economies can become autarkic if needed. There are 19 1T+ economies and 3 more on the way in the next 2-3 years (Switzerland, Poland, Taiwan).
- paganel 2y agoMoney in the bank doesn’t produce grain out of nothing, you need land for it. The same goes for natural resources. Or maybe we’re thinking about autarchy differently.
- paganel 2y agoPush come to stove, China doesn’t have the agricultural fields needed to feed its people for 3-4 years or more in case of a future sea blockade. Europe doesn’t have the natural resources, neither the grain (if we were to exclude the fields of Southern Ukraine).