Trump would have had the Suez Canal problem solved in an afternoon.
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Well, that's good advice and all, but...
This will be a global problem -- we're talking grain shipments; we're talking countries' economies (C./S. America produces a lot of fruits and veggies, big part of their economy, lots of jobs...what happens when they can't get their stuff out of the country? where do those jobs go? where do the people go?...see what I mean?).
We're talking manufacturing -- where do we get a lot of our shit from AND...have we got a backup stateside manufacturing base for those products (like medicine, tools, parts) to get to it right away?
And then, how much of our shit are the Dems going to go ahead and sell out from under our people...do you really think they're going to give a shit if places in the U.S. go without?
And if our docks, rail lines, trucking sits idle because there's nothing to ship...what happens to their jobs? OH, and the people who work in the service economy (which makes up a lot of people now). No work...no pay, huh?
I know it is a HUGE problem but one we can overcome if we focus on local -- I stopped buying crap from China a year ago -- it wasn't easy but I did it
Let's keep our stuff in our country -- let's keep our grain and our fruits and vegetables -- we all could eat more of these -- and I know we produce too much food to just send it to groceries and markets for sale so we will need to preserve the food -- I believe if we put our heads together locally we can solve that problem -- in my rinky dink 80 sq ft 2nd home kitchen, I preserve enough food from our garden to take us through to the last fall harvest to our first spring harvest (and I live in the NE) -- AND - Preserving our food for our people will create jobs
As for as the stuff we import: A few simple words -- REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE
clothes: I think we can use what we have in the USA now -- have you ever seen the mountains of clothes held in salvation armies and goodwills -- perhaps we won't have all the fancy cheap shit from China but we won't run around naked and die
technology: we will have to hold back our desire for the latest and greatest until we get some plants up and running AND the tech guys who fix my tech tools will be happy that I am not replacing them and they get to fix them
construction materials: this is a big one -- we should start making items in the USA -- naturally there will be a lag time but I believe we can get it done -- and we can't get it done in the USA we have Canada and Mexico
If we use this as an opportunity to set up local businesses to meet local demand I will take it as a win! If we act independently of this corrupt government -- they can't stop us all.
Our trucks and rails will be busy moving USA made products all around the USA.
Our service industry people will still have work -- be it in the service industry or in making stuff.
Finally -- and so sorry this is long -- Fuck China and the politicians they have purchased.
Perhaps this is a pipe dream and fairy land but...
...I refuse to cower in fear.
...I refuse to not imagine a future where we are free and independent from the vulture of global greed.
I never advise anyone to cower in fear, and I do appreciate you spunk and ideas.
But...the crunch is already happening; the time it would take to re-tool things and get them up and running is probably going to take too long.
And...we have a political party that has done its outright best to foment tension, distrust, and disunity on the people (multiple fractures). When the crunch really hits (and it will imho), the powder keg will likely blow.
Hope should be the last to die...but it's a good idea to prepare for reality -- we're in for a helluva ride.
Do you remember last year when hundreds of cargo ships floated off of the San Diego ports waiting for CoVid restrictions to be lifted so they could unload their cargo?
It is not a good thing that Evergreen blocked the canal but ... I believe in American ingenuity and our ability to create local solutions that will help decouple us from the illegitimate regimes trying to make us submit. It may hurt a little bit - temporarily - but we will make it unless the illegitimate regimes use it as an excuse for a much broader and worse and dangerous situation.
I am more afraid of the illegitimate regime in the Capital than I am of Evergreen stuck in the canal.
Happy spring!