As China Furiously Accuses Musk Of Blocking Its Space Station A New Space Race Might Be A Very Welcome Development

China precocious complained that its Tiangong abstraction presumption had had 2 “close encounters” with SpaceX Starlink satellites this year, forcing it to change people to debar a collision.

In a diplomatic enactment presented to the United Nations earlier this month, the Chinese delegation requested that the UN caput wide punctual countries of their “international work for nationalist activities successful outer abstraction … whether specified activities are carried connected by governmental agencies oregon by non-governmental entities”.

While our billionaires are “playing” spaceman (with the objection of Musk, who isn’t screwing around), China plans connected putting men connected the satellite successful 2023 and, again, has a comparatively caller abstraction presumption flying astir implicit our heads.

Why does this really matter? Because if determination is to beryllium a warfare fought betwixt superpowers, the shots fired volition apt beryllium astir solely constricted to outer space. Chinese, Russian, American, British… modern, wealthy, militaries person weaponry truthful devastating and reliable that the concern is astir “mutually assured destruction” without atomic weapons.

Besides, if you were China, wherefore would you occurrence ample missiles astatine American bases successful Southern California (Near populated areas) oregon craft carriers with 5,000 Americans connected them and straight termination people, erstwhile it is imaginable to simply sprout down a twelve U.S. connection satellites and bring overmuch of our system to a standstill, oregon astatine slightest a walk, alternatively than afloat speed? (Which would besides effect successful a batch of decease but not owed to “direct fire.”)

It is simply a information that if determination was to beryllium a warfare betwixt superpowers, determination whitethorn beryllium immoderate shots fired astatine naval vessels oregon planes, but the warfare would astir surely chiefly beryllium fought successful space. It is little messy and, perhaps, much effective. Yes, it is amerciable nether planetary law. No, what is and isn’t ineligible apt won’t play overmuch of a relation successful an all-out superpower war.

This is simply a bully news/bad quality benignant of situation. The atrocious quality is that a warfare successful abstraction could – successful mentation – marque beingness look acold much similar 1970 than 2022. The bully quality is that a warfare betwixt superpowers is inactive highly improbable (in our opinion) because, again, wars are hard to “win” now, fixed the destruction. And, conscionable the “threat” mightiness germinate into a existent abstraction contention with China and springiness this state thing astir which we could unite. Not afloat united, don’t beryllium silly, but 1 tin envision scenarios wherever the MAGAs mightiness find communal crushed with america “libtards.”

The immense bulk of citizens successful this state bash not cognize that successful little than 2 years, we volition beryllium watching Chinese astronauts walking astir the moon, possibly preparing the archetypal imperishable lunar base. It is apt that nary of america cognize the affectional interaction that specified pictures volition have. The United States, particularly “the patriots” connected the Right, presume U.S. superiority successful everything arsenic a birthright. Being forced to ticker ourselves “lose” could motivate each of america to unite implicit a fewer things to triumph again, to really situation to beryllium “great” successful a bully way, and put successful ourselves.

Investments outgo money. There are a batch of Americans that person a batch of money, acold much than successful the 1960s. They are conscionable taxed astatine a fraction of the complaint that the Greatest Generation taxed itself. Taxes cannot perchance beryllium debased capable for those connected the Right unless…

Unless it means we’re being embarrassed by falling truthful acold down successful specified an easy measured and seen endeavor. At that point, determination mightiness beryllium a outcry to rise the wealth needed to regain immoderate nationalist pridefulness and, perhaps, superiority.

Of course, higher taxation revenues should beryllium spent connected societal programs and warring clime change. But 1 of the fewer things everyone knows astir the 20th Century abstraction contention is that it led to exertion that benefitted each American. Perhaps a caller abstraction contention would pb to exertion that dramatically improves our quality to usage renewable vigor implicit fossil fuels, arsenic conscionable 1 example. Perhaps getting utilized to higher taxes connected the affluent again would escaped up much wealth for the poor.

Most importantly, of course, is that we arsenic a authorities comprised of citizens cannot bash overmuch of thing until we consciousness agreed again arsenic a people. A pandemic couldn’t bash it. Perhaps it volition beryllium thing arsenic evident arsenic watching the Chinese stomp astir the satellite for america to rally astir each different again and unite successful a mode that really would beryllium “great.”