[balaz]

One of the reasons the best time to make sure every first-world country is self reliant was yesterday; the second best time is today.

[mk89]

Careful to what you wish for.

Autarky can be often found in 19th century literature. The one we hopefully don't want to have or produce anymore.

[energy123]

Another spherical cow solution.

[ares623]

I wonder how software engineers will fare in a “self reliant” economy. Do unvested stocks work in a barter?

[fulafel]

Without trade interdependencies wars seem much more attractive to powerhungry leaders of countries, engineers can probably earn a living building killer ai robots.