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RE: Rare earths and global technological control by Karupanocitizen
Hello friend @karupanocitizen. It is not surprising that every time humanity depends on some natural resource, the territory that possesses it becomes the center of attention of the great powers. Some time ago I wrote about the amount of elements belonging to the group of rare earths that we find in smartphones alone, which undoubtedly makes us think that whoever has control of these elements will have a wide dominance over the technology sector.
Totally agree with you @emiliomoron, that is why I think many countries are moving in the direction of not depending so much on the Chinese regarding rare earths, unfortunately the great Western powers of the world have always used other countries as suppliers of raw material for their technological developments to avoid the costs and environmental damage that this exploitation generates in their own countries.