{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "Why did nylons and other synthetic fabrics not have as much geopolitical impact as natural fibre cloths have had?", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/168633154873/", "html": "<div class=\"question\"><strong>Anonymous</strong> asked: Why did nylons and other synthetic fabrics not have as much geopolitical impact as natural fibre cloths have had?</div>\n<p>in reference to <a href=\"/post/91601285498/\" target=\"_blank\">this</a> post, I assume</p><p>I\u2019m thinking because control of petroleum and petroleum derivatives in the wake of the synthetics revolution more or less tracked with the control of natural fibers that came previous: the British had the Indian Ocean sources and (with France) the Near East and Africa; the US had a continent\u2019s worth of domestic supply; the Dutch randomly had the Asian archipelagos; Germany had advanced processing capacity but no secure sources<br/></p>"}