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Originally Posted by Evilsbane
As the people of these nations begin to chafe under such regimes and start movements for reform they will eventually keep their natural resources for their own consumption. This can be seen in South America most prominently. And although 99% of Americans would never have exploited these nations themselves, they will suffer financially as a result of the shrinking fortunes of those 1% that did. This will also reduce America's ability to wage wars far away from US soil, which will lead to a receding influence on third world affairs, further accelerating the effect.
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This is actually a huge concern for the US, and has not been ignored, but you see unlike the British Empire the United States exsists in a point in time where it can begin to make reforms so that they don't have to rely so heavily on other nations for resources. There's a new energy bill that just passed the House this week that will push the counrty toward "green" energy, such as wind, solar and geothermal. If this passes the Senate, and with a 60 Democrat majority, I'm sure it will, it'll mean that soon America won't need the resources you mentioned.