They invented it.

not punishing coup attempts

This always goes well.

Invest more in materials science research and it wouldn’t matter either way.

But I guess war is easier.

The EU still makes anything?

re-industrialize

The US economy is too based on rent seeking for that to happen without a system disintegrating crash.

That is, maybe some polity occupying the territories formerly known as the United States could do it.

Which might be something motivating this “network state” bullshit.

They’re doing quite a bit- just not much dick waving nonsense.

I thought COVID wasn’t real?