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Global security (lots of countries exist because of the US), Tech industry (ie: Operating system), Food/Energy and some manufacturing. I think only the first two are critical for the rest of the world. The rest can be substituted.


China and Russia are working hard to either replace or invalidate the US for the first point.


how would Linux be affected by the disappearance of the US?

people would lose access to Teams and Office

but who cares, there's plenty of substitutes


> Global security (lots of countries exist because of the US)

That's a very US-centric POV. It's not like half the world would suddenly cease existing if the US collapsed.




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