It seems that reliance and dependency, turn into leverage in times of crisis. Being reliant upon russian oil or global supply chains can be weaknesses.
There is a classic and cynical story about a man who treats women well, until they're married and she depends on him. Then there's no reason for him to pretend to be nice anymore. He has all the leverage in the relationship allowing him to become a tyrant and oppressor if he so chooses. The woman must tolerate the abuse as she has no one else she can turn to.
We could be witnessing something similar on a global scale. Where dependence on corporations & governments is being exploited. The way that russians exploit dependency on oil, and other dependencies are becoming avenues of attack.
Relying as little as possible on corporations or governments could be a good ideology to pursue.
If everyone lived on a self sufficient farm, it would certainly give corporations and governments reduced leverage and control over us.
BTC is created for this purpose. A person couldn't be a self sufficient with just BTC though but its a currency the government could not take from the owner.
US could resume their oil industry and become self sufficient as well, they are just banking on the idea of green renewable energy that is not really possible in our time. While we already have exploited this earth for hundreds of years digging coal and oil, lets just get it all and see those resources all consumed and see what happens. Maybe Elon will finally succeed with his EV.
Because today, we already see what will happen if only a single continent (USA) does one who conserve earth. The others will exploit US's weakness.
Pretty sure USA will also exploit if Russia will stop digging oil and gas for the sake of green energy.
