Can your country survive getting cut off from the world?
Mine probably can. Maybe.
Can your country survive getting cut off from the world?
Robert Bailey
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Nolan Walker
no
Jose Rivera
America can't? You're lying.
Eli Richardson
i guess
Nolan Jones
yes
Jaxson Morales
no
Landon Butler
We are self sufficient in food. In fact we grow so much excess food that we give it to African countries for free. We also make our own clothes. All the clothes I buy are made in India. We have a lot of civil engineers and labour so we can make our houses.
Thus the basic needs food,clothes and shelter are met.
Oliver White
survive? probably
thrive? no
Grayson James
>we give it to African countries for free
>mfw they are doing it for free
Jeremiah Jackson
Probably not
Nicholas White
It depends on which African country tho, during covid-19 Kenya gave us food. Before covid-19 we have 270 tonnes of food to poor African nations.
Landon Bennett
Sure.
Hudson Garcia
Jonathan Davis
Foreign trade is the lowest of all BRICS compared to GDP, but being cut off would completely fuck us over. We're highly reliant on imports of fertilizers, oil and medicine.
Sebastian Brown
it's worth noting that our food production (and everybody else's, really) would collapse without the import of fertilizers
Xavier Wood
Water and food wise were safe, and even if we weren't, the Netherlands is right next door. Our economy would go to shit tho, were pretty reliant on exporting stuff to the rest of the world, tho I guess it's better to have 10 extra dish washers lying around than none
Josiah Hughes
Yes you are correct. I didn't think of that while writing the post. Thanks for mentioning.
Josiah Thomas
We only need fertilizer to produce grain abroad and to feed cattle. 70% of the food that arrives on your table is produced by small and medium producers.
Jack Walker
Food security is different from self sufficiency.
Aaron Thompson
Probably. We have natural gas. We have agriculture.
Our entire economy would collapse though, because we're a trade nation.
Elijah Barnes
Venezuela is enough proof that we wouldn't.