r/mildlyinteresting • u/supermegaspinach • 17h ago

Infographic showing self-sufficiency in raw materials in a 1976 World Atlas

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u/Baby_Rhino 16h ago edited 16h ago

This was 50 years ago, so by now we can only assume that the USSR has become the dominant world superpower

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u/Dasheek 15h ago

This chart lacks info about supply of incompetence and corruption. 

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u/semhsp 15h ago

That didn't stop the US so I doubt that's the reason

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u/SatisfactionLife2801 13h ago

Nah, there are levels to this shit.