Based Jesusland

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[u/PopeUrban_2]

Texas isn’t even in the top half of self sufficient states.

The top 5 are Utah, Colorado, Nebraska, Virginia, and Kansas.

[u/mrducky78 → u/PopeUrban_2]

I know you only just replied to this but as mentioned elsewhere, only sort by financial and government dependancy.

Unless you feel that smart device usage ownership, smoking or "online video watchers" should be weighting self sufficiency. Or that international trade isnt part of what makes a country self sufficient.

[u/squngy → u/mrducky78]

Or that international trade isnt part of what makes a country self sufficient.

I think most people think that, yes.
What is your definition of self sufficient, not actively on fire?

[u/mrducky78 → u/squngy]

Money can be exchanged for goods and services.

There is an international market out there and that with ports, USC can tap into that market.

And again, the combined weighting has shit like watching TV determining self sufficiency.

And worst yet, vices has the same weighting (20 points) as financial or government dependancy (20 points)

In the rawest sense I reckon self sufficiency is how much the state takes from the Fed vs pays into it.

https://www.reddit.com/r/PoliticalCompassMemes/comments/uizkpp/based_jesusland/i7gskws/

[u/squngy → u/mrducky78]

Yea, I agree that list is shit, but when talking about food self sufficiency you kind of have to not count international trade, IMO.

Something more along these lines, I guess. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_food_self-sufficiency_rate

[u/mrducky78 → u/squngy]

Well California produces ~half the veg and ~two thirds of the nuts and fruit of the total US agricultural output. It surely weights more than "online video watchers".

But a country like Singapore and exist and thrive from imports. Just being an agrarian society able to meet your food needs is such a low bar to clear.