I agree. I just caution that the majority of people's lives would be less comfortable there was almost no globalization of production and distribtuion.

I think this was a very interesting lesson from all the recent supply chain breakdowns. I don't know how feasible it is in general to maintain some sort of redundant system for when shit hits the fan. I've seen interesting discussions about this, but not great solutions.

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Sometimes it is more efficient, but we always need to have a backup.