Geopolitics is about memory.
The United states is still the world's largest manufacturing base at about $2.8 trillion per year. This larger than China's and Japan's output combined.
U.S. oil production is about 85% of Saudi Arabia's, the world's largest producer. While we are second on the natural gas front, Russia being the first.
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Need to work on an essay on why I believe independent artists, publishing companies, etc. can coexist with mainstream conglomerates like
Amazon, Lulu, and
Random House, etc. Some examples:
The Melvins, ECW Press, Vertigo Comics (imprint from a conglomerate), etc.
-posted by Nobius 9:51 AM 