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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
> 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.

China is the largest importer of crude oil in the world. China imports 59% of its oil consumptions, and 80% of food products. Meanwhile, US is fully self sufficient on both food and oil.

> They're playing the game on a scale of centuries

Is that why they are completely broke, having built enough ghost buildings that house entire population of France - 65 million vacant units? Is that why they are now isolated in geopolitics, having allied with Russia and pissed off all their neighbors and Europe?

>>vaccin+Wr
> China is the largest importer of crude oil in the world.

Uh yeah, duh. Why would you not deplete other people's finite resources while you build massive capacity of your own infinite resources?