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> It's good to have self-sustainable industries... There's no such thing as a 'self-sustaining industry'. They all rely on common transportation infrastructur
by growse 2y ago
> It's good to have self-sustainable industries...
There's no such thing as a 'self-sustaining industry'.
They all rely on common transportation infrastructure which they use to ship their materials and goods around and get their employees to work. They all rely on a predictable and fair marketplace whose fairness is governed by the state, and they all rely on people not coming and burning their premises down because they're protected by the state!
- missedthecue 2y agoSelf sustaining means they generate enough revenues to cover their costs. Not that they are closed systems with no interaction with general society.
- growse 2y agoMy point is that they don't feel their costs. Therefore by definition they're all "forever sucking on the public teet."