▲ | credit_guy 19 hours ago | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Europe has a huge coastline, it's impossible to blockade. If war breaks out, it's better to shift workers from agriculture to war-related production, and import food from places that are not at war, such as South America. Food produced in Europe is basically a luxury. For every kilogram of beef produced in Denmark, you can buy 2.5 kg of Argentinian beef. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
▲ | speeder 2 hours ago | parent | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Let me see... Well, there was this thing in the past, called WW2, it was a WW, because well, Germany for example didn't want France buying Brazillian agricultural products, and sunk Brazillian ships using submarines. Thus making Brazil join the war. Right now Lula wants to form a coalition with Russia, so what makes you think, in case of war, Brazil would keep selling to the EU? Maybe because USA would threathen Brazil? In that case they would focus on feeding themselves, and not the EU still. In the entirety of human history, a base war tactic is Siege. What makes you think nobody will try it again? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
▲ | PrismCrystal 19 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
While Europe has a long coastline, there are only a given number of ports capable of the high thoroughput needed to feed Europe’s population. Blockade those and the entrance to the Baltic and Mediterranean, and most of your work is done. Moreover, in a shooting war, merchant ships from other global regions attempting to supply Europe would be targeted. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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