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king_o_cats t1_j9eaxyj wrote

Reply to comment by moonsion in How good the US will be for living in future for those who will be earning decent?? by [deleted]

I'm not sure that sucking resources and dirt cheap labour from across the world is being self-sufficient

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NotJavii t1_j9ec7wb wrote

He meant relatively self-sufficient.

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bluemagic124 t1_j9ecfa3 wrote

Self sufficient when you take into account neo-colonialism and the fact that the US remains the world’s superpower. Even not factoring that in, OP’s point about the US’s natural resources makes it one of the more self sufficient countries.

It has weaknesses, but it’ll probably get on pretty well relative to most other countries.

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moonsion t1_j9i7jiu wrote

Not necessarily sucking resources from other countries. US is a net producer/exporter for lots of stuff. Oil, natural gas, corn, soy beans are good examples of that. Even enemy states such as China needs to purchase them from the US, particularly corn and soy beans, even in these tense geopolitical times. People gotta eat.

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