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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Subsidies and taxes are how they direct the economy, yes. It's not command and control.

But for national safety reasons, it's stupid to lose certain functions. Food is one of those.

To me, manufacturing capacity would've been another, but Reagan.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

We won the last two world wars with out producing everyone and engaging in attrition. Hey, let's outsource our manufacturing capacity so we can fuck over unions! What do you mean we're not prepared for a world war of attrition???

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

We have manufacturing subsidies. Theres a lot of space between ideal market and national security risk