Biden pursues giant boost for science spending, requests $8.7-bill budget for CDC, largest budget increase at 23% in nearly two decades. 25% increase for Ocean and Atmosphere Admin, 21% for NIH, 20% NSF, 6.3% increase for Space, 10% increase for Energy.

That’s a terrible mindset to have. China’s military might be weaker, but they also have numbers, a majority in very censored view of the world, and a very disruptive supply chain.

Any attack by/to China would leave lasting effects likely worst longterm, but nobody knows how that would play out. It’s a Cold War 2.0 except operated through digital networks to send physical destruction. The UI will be sexy and every time someone clicks “attack” they’ll see a fireworks burst, as families get disintegrated overseas because someone misclicked.

Nobody needs to do either. USA “hates” China for their dictatorship political makeup, but USA isn’t much different. We have no say in either head from the same snake those in charge pick from.

If this pans out to be more, it’s the .001% wanting power. Nothing more, nothing less. And their homes will be respectfully off limits to either participants.

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