It's no secret that as societies we've become dangerously accustomed to just-in-time logistical systems in which materials and products are provided by hyper-efficient supply chains, systems which themselves are dependent on the status quo of business as usual. Looking back just a few years, the bubble of our normalcy bias was somewhat burst courtesy of the supply chain chaos witnessed during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, a situation that made it readily apparent that just-in-time logistical systems are precariously vulnerable to disruption.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://ff2f.com/strait-of-hormuz-wishful-thinking/