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Basically, the spherical cow mindset of "just police the borders harder" is wishful thinking. The world is interconnected in multiple aspects, not just physical

Basically, the spherical cow mindset of "just police the borders harder" is wishful thinking. The world is interconnected in multiple aspects, not just physical borders. Even if you succeed in immunising yourself from all side effects, your immediate neighbor may not be successful, and the instability can come for you through many mechanisms. Prices of food, breakup of the EU, wars, authoritarianism in your own society. Just look at Canada dealing with tariffs through little fault of their own. It isn't as easy as declaring yourself as immune from international instability.

balaz 1y ago
One of the reasons the best time to make sure every first-world country is self reliant was yesterday; the second best time is today.
- energy123 1y ago
  Another spherical cow solution.
  - ares623 1y ago
    I wonder how software engineers will fare in a “self reliant” economy. Do unvested stocks work in a barter?
    - fulafel 1y ago
      Without trade interdependencies wars seem much more attractive to powerhungry leaders of countries, engineers can probably earn a living building killer ai robots.
- mk89 1y ago
  Careful to what you wish for. Autarky can be often found in 19th century literature. The one we hopefully don't want to have or produce anymore.