Message from @akumanozetto
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america gets various resources from foreign ports because it's simpler or cheaper w/e
for developing
you cant not be dependent
its impossible
but it doesn't mean they can't get it themselves
right now the US economy only has liek 8% foreign trade
north korea moment
and half of that is with mexico and canada
just look at happened in US after oil crisis, they bascially increased their oil production few times so now they import little oil
and became biggest oil producer in the world
the US was the biggest producer in the 40s
russia is biggest oil produces
if america wants, it can be 100% nodependent on imports
rn
false
bruh
US now has so much gas they are using it for stuff you usually would use oil for
minecraft economics
eurasians cope
Autarky is hard to do if you want a serious industrial economy. You're going to have to look beyond your own borders and secure access
well that is why you eliminate little nations
and develop greater states
Otherwise idk you could try to stockpile but that could be pricey and mean you'd need to export a lot in peace time
small nations have their uses
It'd be feasable to export enough to buy up a shitload of Cobalt for example
Easy to store things
most important thing to understand bout autarky is that isn't always most profitable option, that is why for example outsourcing is still a thing
BUT that doesn't change the fact that US or Russia could be 100% autarkic if they wanted to
autarky does not necesserally mean
ban fucking trading
its just mean
minimizing
did anyone
say it
you
fucking
turk
than what is your problem
Russia rn isn't autarkic depending on what you mean by autarky. It's not autarkic in electronics