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I think that security/stability for a country as big as the US requires at least some localization. For example, IMO all medications, medical devices, infrastr
by tracker1 1y ago
I think that security/stability for a country as big as the US requires at least some localization. For example, IMO all medications, medical devices, infrastructure systems (such as telecom, power, etc.), hardware and materials should be at least 50% domestically produced and have at least dual sourcing.
I realize that not all countries are big or diverse enough to accomplish this, and that's a reason why loose confederations like the EU exist. The US started much closer to that itself.
- mlinhares 1y agoA country like the US should be self sufficient in energy, food and medicine, but there has never been a concerted policy to do that. One of the biggest reasons is lobbying, for the US to be self sufficient in energy, for instance, it would have to invest heavily in renewable energy (like china is doing) but the oil lobby is never going to let that happen. So with the government so captured by interests that don’t care about the long term stability of the country itself, it’s very difficult to effect these large changes.
- tracker1 1y agoSo the only way the US can be energy independent or otherwise self-sufficient is excluding fossil fuels? AFAIK, the US has plenty of its' own if it had to be so, and that it's mostly a matter of cost efficiency that it isn't already.