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Originally Posted by MaDalton
without China Walmart would be half empty and you have no fancy Apple products
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They would be built someplace else.
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Originally Posted by MaDalton
ok, let's agree we disagree on this 
without India who will do your callcenters? |
We have a large call center up the street from us with over 300 employees. It's not like only India can have call centers.
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Originally Posted by MaDalton
Russia is a huge exporter of gas and oil - without the western world buying it, their economy will collapse
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The United States produces a huge amount of gas and oil, however, we need it ourselves so we do not export it. Canada is the largest importer to the US.
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Originally Posted by MaDalton
there is no way to untie this without the whole world economy collapsing and everyone going back to stone age - and no one is going to risk that over some disagreement about some borders or something like that.
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You do understand that Germany bought oil from Russia and plane engines from the UK shortly before war broke out, right?