They’re at the top of the food chain.
So were we. And they still manufacture excellent everyday goods at fair prices.
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Certain industries in the USA remain at the top of the food chain.
But its axiomatic that the way you prosper the entire food chain is to feed the bottom of the food chain. You feed the bottom of the food chain in any civilization by lowering energy and water costs.
Wrong again. Topsoil.