@nugger it's not about if it would actually render the US unable to get antibiotics, but that they would be willing to harm people in that country - it would be seem as a actual act of war, given time.
@sickburnbro RARE EARTH MAYBE, AND ONLY BECAUSE OF VOLUME,
BUT PHARMA WILL JUST BE TRADED AROUND TARIFFS THROUGH THIRD PARTIES IT WOULD GET MORE EXPENSIVE, BUT IT WON'T SCARE OUR OWNERS, THEY'LL JUST PASS COSTS DOWN TO US AND KEEP GOING
@BobsonDugnuttHB@sickburnbro JUDGING BY HOW CHIP INITIATIVE WENT, IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE FEDERAL FUNDING FOR EXPANDING RESOURCE EXTRACTION AND MANUFACTURING NOT GETTING IMMEDIATELY GRIFTED AWAY
@LovecraftEnthusiast@sickburnbro worst comes to worse we can just sift em out of coal ash Rare earth minerals are only rare relative to stuff like carbon and iron, not actually not hard to find