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China’s hypersonic missile test is another obvious warning sign…

https://www.sovereignman.com/trends/chinas-hypersonic-missile-test-is-another-obvious-warning-sign-33719/

By the late the fifth century BC, after decades of war with its chief
rival Sparta, the ancient Greek city-state of Athens was desperate for
peace.

They wanted a decisive victory to end the war once and for all. So the
citizens gathered together in their public assembly– essentially a
democratic mob of 6,000 people– and voted to build a new, costly fleet
of ships.

The strategy worked. And their new armada vanquished the Spartan navy
in the Battle of the Arginusae Islands in 406 BC.

Sparta was on the ropes, and the Assembly cheered when news of their
fleet’s victory reached Athens.

But then the Assembly found out that 25 of the 150 ships had been sunk
by the Spartans, and that the Athenian crews of those 25 sunken ships
had drowned in a storm.

The Assembly suddenly became furious, crying that the souls of those
drowned sailors would wander purgatory for all of eternity because
they didn’t have a proper burial.

So then the Athenian mob voted to execute eight of their top military
commanders; the very same generals and admirals who had just won the
battle and been called heroes, were now being put to death.

Socrates was one of the lone voices of dissent; yet the death
sentences were still carried out despite his protest.

Then, only a few days later, the Athenian Assembly had a change of
heart. The mob realized that they shouldn’t have executed their
military commanders, so they then voted to execute the people within
the Assembly who had proposed the executions to begin with.

During this insane dumpster fire of ancient democracy, Spartan leaders
approached Athens with a peace deal, offering to end the war once and
for all.

This was the entire reason that Athens had built a new fleet. They
just wanted peace.

But they were so distracted by infighting and arguing about who to
execute next, and who to blame, that the Assembly rejected Sparta’s
peace offering.

Yet Athens’ military was now led by inexperienced admirals and
generals, since they had just executed their best commanders. And
Sparta quickly seized the advantage.

Within a few months the Spartan navy was ravaging Athenian territory,
and soon laying siege to Athens itself. The war finally ended in 404
BC with Athens losing all sovereignty and falling under complete
control of the Spartan Empire.

As the old saying goes, history doesn’t necessarily repeat. But it
certainly rhymes. And I was thinking about this particular episode
recently when it was reported earlier this week that China has just
successfully tested its first nuclear-capable hypersonic missile.

In case you don’t geek out on military strategy like I do, suffice it
to say that this is a huge deal, not just for the United States, but
for the entire world.

For the past several decades, the United States has boasted the
strongest, most technologically advanced military in the world.

And it would be foolish to think that this military strength hasn’t
substantially contributed to America’s geopolitical and economic
power.

The United States Marine Corps is essentially the biggest derivatives
contract in the world. It’s the US government’s ultimate hedge,
enabling it wage trade wars, sanction foreign banks, and bully anyone
it wants into following US regulations.

The US military is even part of the reason why the dollar is still the
world’s reserve currency, despite the US government being the largest
debtor that has ever existed in the history of the world.

The US government, and the US economy, both derive substantial benefit
from America’s military power.

And this is why China’s rapid military development is such a big deal.

China could destroy the United States in cyberwarfare. That’s pretty
much a foregone conclusion. I mean… there are still system within the
US Defense Department that use 5 ¼ inch floppy disks.

But even in conventional warfare, China is gaining rapidly. The
Chinese Navy already the world’s largest fleet. And this is important
because one of the biggest roles of a modern navy is to project
military firepower over great distances.

China is investing heavily in this capability, feverishly building new
ships and developing new technology.

It has massive stockpiles of cruise missiles, most of which have
larger payloads and longer range than comparable US weaponry.

This week’s hypersonic missile launch is merely the latest proof; it’s
technology that the US cannot counteract either, given that hypersonic
missiles are more likely to be able to evade missile defense systems.

The Chinese wasted no time gloating their achievement, calling the
launch “a new blow to the US’s mentality of strategic superiority. .
.”

You’d think this would be a massive wake-up call to the US federal
government. The balance of power is shifting right in front of their
very eyes.

Yet take a look at their priorities– spending trillions of dollars on
‘equity’ and ‘social justice’, which they claim will supposedly “cost
nothing”.

They’re busy directing federal resources to target parents who are
angry over the way their children are being educated.

They’re pushing people out of government service, whether through
mandates, or through ideological purges to weed out those with
conservative beliefs.

As the Center for Military Readiness reports, US Special Operations
Command “intends to elevate diversity, inclusion, and equity above
mission effectiveness and overall readiness.”

In fact a leaked Special Operations Command planning document states
at least 12 times over twenty pages that “diversity and inclusion are
operational imperatives” even though they provide no support to back
up this assertion.

The Defense Department is exploring racial quotas in its promotion
criteria. They’re planning to reduce physical fitness standards.

And military recruiting advertisements (along with those of the
Central Intelligence Agency) are now focused on LGBTQRSTUVWXYZ
diversity goals.

This behavior is so counterproductive that even the ancient Athenian
assembly would stand in awe at its destructive stupidity.