> You don’t think the west has stockpiles? A few small and badly run ones. IIRC, the US's medical stockpile was already bare at the start of COVID, and I recal

> You don’t think the west has stockpiles? A few small and badly run ones. IIRC, the US's medical stockpile was already bare at the start of COVID, and I recall reading controversy about if it should be replenished at all when its potential worth had literally just been proven. The petroleum stockpile seems like it's mostly used for electioneering (e.g. release stockpiles in the run up to an election to lower gas prices to help incumbents). I'm not aware of any other ones, like for food and raw materials besides petroleum.