Arthur Hanson
Well-known member
The current commercial conflict between China and the West over advanced chips and other technologies present a golden opportunity for both sides to realize cooperation and collaboration between both sides to dial back our mutual massive military budgets and divert those funds to mutual progress. Both China's and the US's military would object for any organization rates its survival and growth the primary goal, even at the expense of a better world for all. This is the opportunity to pick the light side over the very dark one. This could be a matter of the planet's and mankind's survival. We are all on lifeboat earth and will be for a long time. It's way past time to exercise wisdom and learn how to work together. Shifting the military budgets on both sides and the divisive rhetoric on both sides is needed now if we are going to continue to live on this planet. Technology will be key and devoting ourselves on both sides to collaboration and cooperation will show man has reached a new level of maturity in overcoming the numerous challenges before us on this planet. The tech sector of both countries is the best place to start. Imagine the progress if we just dialed back our military budgets ten percent and devoted it to solving energy, food and water challenges. It is past time for technical progress to lead over military progress. Any thoughts, comments or plans of action appreciated. Right now, it's like two people in a small room threatening each other with hand grenades, in other words, the pinnacle of insanity. It's a small world and we must protect it. Tech should lead, for both our militaries are proven failures for decades in this area.