MWBATL
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The biggest government that faces that choice in the US.One of the things I'm seeing more and more on social media is the geopolitical fallout of this virus. More specifically, how nations moving forward will treat China. It's starting to hit home how unreliable China is in terms of offering up information "for the greater good", and how dependant the world has become on China in the supply chain. China is proving that membership in NATO and WTO is a trophy to legitimize their way of governing, as opposed to a sincere effort of moving the world forward as a whole.
Of course, when this passes, and governments around the world will need to make tough economic decisions, will they be more than just tough talk when facing the possibility of paying the price for moving away from China?
We have allowed China to become our manufacturer and become dependent on the,. We could move that back to the USA, but the costs would be higher to the consumer. Wal-Mart would not be very attractive anymore.
Personally, I favor that approach, for national security reasons, not as much as economic reasons. But this pandemic has shown us China's true stripes. I believe it is worth the price.