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That is an entirely separate problem. You are mistaking the topic and risks of globalization and supply concentration with scale.

Needing a widget from China doesn't mean that it needs to come from a mega factory in China and can't be produced in a smaller one. All of China shutting down doesn't prove it can't be done smaller



Ok.

Guess that is valid differentiation.

Then the only problem is time frame, rate of change.

Can the global supply chain, re-configure itself to only run factories where there is still enough population to staff.

It would take years to move factories to concentrate where there is still people.

And I'd say most disaster scenarios happen a lot faster. Then it's Mad Max again. But guess, even in Mad Max there was an oil refinery, they had a factory, and some cars running. But didn't look sustainable.


Sure, transition is a very real problem. If 90% of people died overnight, there would mayhem and most of the remainder would starve.

The fact that 10% population is viable doesn't mean all paths from A to B are valid. Some are catastrophic. That's the current challenge with birthrates. Even slow decreases over decades is a huge financial and productive problem.

Like falling out of an airplane. Ground level is perfectly safe. It is the transition that kills you.




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