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>>tedsan+(OP)
After they build the Multivac or Deep Thought, or whatever it is they’re trying to do, then what happens? It makes all the stockholders a lot of money?

>>moffer+i4
The way I think about this project, along with all of Trump's plans, is that he wants to maximize the US's economic output to ensure we are competitive with China in the future.

Yes, it would make money for stockholders. But it's much more than that: it's an empire-scale psychological game for leverage in the future.

>>dekhn+I6
> he wants to maximize the US's economic output to ensure we are competitive with China in the future.

LOL

Under Trump policies, China will win "in the future" on energy and protein production alone.

Once we've speedrunned our petro supply and exhausted our agricultural inputs with unfathomably inefficient protein production, China can sit back and watch us crumble under our own starvation.

No conflict necessary under these policies, just patience! They're playing the game on a scale of centuries, we can't even stay focused on a single problem or opportunity for a few weeks.

>>llamai+Te
Things can always change, but today China is significantly more dependent on petrochemicals than the US. I'm not sure what you're referring to with regards to agriculture, both the US and China have strong food industries that produce plenty of foods containing protein.