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Re:Supply Chain Security Is the Whole Enchilada, but Who’s W... by Trombone12 on Saturday October 06, 2018 @01:37PM (#18156277)
No, but it matters that you can't get any because some adversary decides to cut your supply. Protecting your supply by force is obviously easier if the source is within the borders of your country.

This is the basic reasoning of every "national security" argument about having domestic production.

The parent is merely stating that basic necessities are also important for the well-being of the nation, it's not just about the IC for ballistic missiles or the 3G circuits that allows Trump to always be on twitter.

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Re:Supply Chain Security Is the Whole Enchilada, but Who’s W... by GordonS on Saturday October 06, 2018 @01:47PM (#18156328)
I get what the sentiment was, but it could be applied to literally anything.

I don't think it matters for many items, such as clothing and shoes, because they are cheap to make and readily available from several countries. So even if China randomly decided that they wouldn't ship any clothes to the US anymore (which would hurt them just as much, so is unlikely), you can just as easily obtain them from Bangladesh or Vietnam, or indeed make them yourself.

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