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Thanks for that thought provoking illustration. The USA has vast amounts of materials lying idle.

Yet, anocratic government and the thoughtlessness of extreme capitalism produced that perfect picture of how wrong it went in the USA.

To avoid that Australia should continue to strengthen Federal guidelines and supports and encourage a national co-operative approach over materials. (Amanda has mentioned pointless duplication).

That chimes with the re-examination of societal values post Covid and the growing unattractiveness of right-wing narrowness to younger voters.

Currently Jim Chalmers looks far more human than Thatcher and Reagan ever did.
He is more likely to encourage jobs in mining rather than rush to export them to what were 'lower wage' countries as the US did.

Nevertheless, expecting Amanda to continue her example setting and positive people approach with those future Texan Lights and Heavies.

A minor LYC contribution to avoiding a prospective 'national security' invasion of Canada or having to send food parcels to the Confederacy.