I don’t think it will matter. We need modern logistics to produce and get food to people. Without that 90% of people will starve in the first few months.

It’s good to have supplies for regional disasters and events that only last a few weeks or months. But if the national grid is going to be out for a year or more and things like fuel and food can’t be transported and stored at key locations then it’s all going to shit.

We don’t hate them, it’s just that capitalism has found them to be an easy and vulnerable target for manipulation.

A bunch of undecided voter types that pay zero attention to anything that isn’t their hobbies.

Fitbit bought Pebble then Google bought Fitbit.

Try to overthrow the US government? You can still be president. Break a companies arbitrary TOS? Police are at your door to take you away for a long time.

High income countries dislike the poor working conditions and authoritarian government. Those things are par for the course in middle income countries so it’s not as big of a deal.