We are having our clock cleaned by the patient, decades long *military* campaign of certain parties, certainly including the Chinese CCP. We are mostly, though, having our clock cleaned by our profoundly bad military-industrial-complex and deep state, which sees, and achieves, profit FOR ITSELF in every conflict, no exceptions. And even hopes to turns US deaths, and US collapse, into profit.
For some reason, the idea that the more you HAVE TO blow up things and kill people, the more you lose seems to offend people here. I have a few Sun Tzu quotes to chew on. Notice how NONE of these things are being done by the US military to any effect:
“Supreme excellence consists of breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.”
― Sun Tzu, The Art of War
“Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win”
― Sun Tzu, The Art of War
“If your enemy is secure at all points, be prepared for him. If he is in superior strength, evade him. If your opponent is temperamental, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant. If he is taking his ease, give him no rest. If his forces are united, separate them. If sovereign and subject are in accord, put division between them. Attack him where he is unprepared, appear where you are not expected .”
― Sun Tzu, The Art of War
“The greatest victory is that which requires no battle.”
― Sun Tzu, The Art of War
If you lose vastly more wealth than you earn, with every "transaction", how many "transactions" is it best to participate in? -Fiz
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