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Everyone in the corporate press is framing China's rare earth controls as just another trade war escalation. They're missing the point entirely, probably on purpose. China is directly dismantling the US war machine's supply chain.

The US has been burning through its weapons stockpiles in proxy wars for years. Now, just as the Pentagon desperately needs to rebuild, China moves to restrict the very materials needed to make advanced weapons like F-35 jets, missiles, drones, you name it. China controls over 90% of the global supply for this stuff, and restricting output is a strategic move to defang the imperial core.

And the beautiful part is how they're doing it. They're using the US's own playbook of "national security" export controls, highlighting the blatant hypocrisy. They're not even doing a full ban, just forcing licenses that will block military use. So all the hand-wringing in Washington is pure theater. They're angry because their ability to produce weapons for future interventions in Venezuela or Iran is being critically hampered.

We're seeing a fundamental shift here. China insulated its own supply chains first, and is now using its economic sovereignty to challenge US military dominance at its weakest point. They're actively constraining the empire's capacity for violence. This is a win for global peace, and the panic in the imperial press proves it.

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[–] ElectricAirship@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 months ago

Expanding on the Finnish President's remarks at the UN General Assembly, this is one way China is seeking to gain greater leverage as the next world order takes shape within the next 10-20 years or so.