I imagine 3D printing “plants” available for every community. Allowing locally produced uh, almost anything or at least a lot.
For instance mine in Cali would allow me to 3D print a concrete house but also some nice little skate obstacles or a laptop holder while the 3D printing plant in Florida would produce clothes designed for very high humidity and 3D print metal roofs that channel rain perfectly.
The idea is to produce as much as possible, the least often as possible, locally, to reduce our transportation needs and our neverending waste.
I find 3D printing so freeing because it allows design minds to get the best idea in a 3D software and then, it exists. That means we’re building things destined to last and serve a near-perfect purpose. I love that idea.
Politically it would definitely play in favor of independence. Which I hope would mean peace but more often than not, means conflict.
3D print responsibly anyway.