[Noachian]

The resulting singular affluence of the American consumer derives from just these trade-offs in our autonomy --

Which begs the question: "What else will we "trade off"?

If we start down the road of depending on foreign sources for much of our food supplies, as we now depend on foreign sources for much of our oil supplies, when will we start depending on foreign sources for much of our laws as well?

[absolootezer0]

when will we start depending on foreign sources for much of our laws as well?

ginsberg has already suggested it.