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trelium06 t1_j437yjz wrote

Reply to comment by internet_chump in Huge rare earth metals discovery in Arctic Sweden by TheUtopianCat

Ideally, you use up all the resources of your geopolitical foes even if it enriches them and save your nations resources for later

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internet_chump t1_j43edv9 wrote

And if your "geopolitical foe" uses all the riches you've helped them gain to expand their influence into Africa and gain more resources?

Or if they cut off supply and you're woefully behind on being able to capitalize on your own resources?

Besides the obvious strategical failings of this notion, we don't live in some stupid game where people are keeping score or will be declared "the winner". If you're approaching geopolitics with the attitude that there will be both winners and losers then you don't understand the first thing about it. The human race is facing extinction. Either everyone wins or everyone dies.

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