the US is already taking stakes in critical mineral companies. look at MP for one. they also plan on setting price floors for critical minerals, meaning that prices will be higher for US and western-aligned (threatened) countries than those that buy from China. paying more is not that big of a deal for the military-industrial complex since they have infinite money thanks to the federal reserve.
there's serious stuff going on in the silver markets. silver is priced higher in China than in the US allowing for a free money arbitrage opportunity. historically, metals have been suppressed by TPTB in the US because it signals weakness in the dollar when they go up too much.
i dont know anything about elites but that's definitely true for the children of rich ppl who aren't that great at studying but their families still want face
I just don't see China attacking Taiwan at all. Taiwanese companies play a large role in China's economy. Has there actually ever been a war started because of face/honor?
Remember the first attempted coup of Venezuela under Trump's first term? US mercs thought once they arrived the whole country would join them in overthrowing Maduro. But instead they got captured/killed by socialist fishermen.
China sent a plane