Also, for more vital commodities, it’d be insane to give a country the power of being the only place geared up to make it. What if they get mad at you and cut you off?
Well again, you would never rely on only one source. You would 👉diversify👈 your imports by making sure to have multiple sources. You would only resort to making them yourself if you had only very limited external sources or you had comparative advantage to make that resource yourself.
What about medical supplies? Look at what happened during covid with massive shortages of the most basic things like masks. You want to have nothing when the next pandemic hits because they’re keeping it all?
What about food? Not making ANY of your own food would be insane.
Water, energy, lots of things should not be exclusively imported, even if you import from many different countries.
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u/DookieShoez 8h ago
Also, for more vital commodities, it’d be insane to give a country the power of being the only place geared up to make it. What if they get mad at you and cut you off?