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📦 Empire 1.0: Steam, Railways, and Colonies
🛤️ Power = coal, labor, and commodities
🏴‍☠️ The British flexed hard. 🇬🇧
Industrial might + naval logistics = global domination.

🚢 It was a sea-based empire that fed on land.
Control the oceans → move the troops → extract the goods → rule the colonies.

Land was the prize. Sea was the scalpel.

Railways penetrated continents.
Gunboats patrolled trade routes.
Maps were red, and resources bled.

🛢️ Empire 2.0: Oil, Silicon, and Mass Media
✈️ Power = who controlled hydrocarbons, microchips, and memes
🇺🇸 America took over.

Aircraft carriers, Hollywood, Ivy League networks—
It wasn’t about territory. It was about attention.

🌐 Control shifted to media & education

• CNN, Coke, Apple, NATO
• TED Talks, NGOs, MBAs
• Export democracy, import resources

This was the soft-power empire.
You didn’t need a colony. Just write the textbook.
Educate the elite. Own the screen. Rule the mind.

🔮 Empire 3.0: Rare Earths, Robots, Renewables and Rice
⚛️ 🤖 🌞 🌾
This is the new operating system of power.

And it’s land-based again.
Pipelines. Grain routes. Lithium belts. Rail corridors.

🇨🇳 China isn’t building colonies or movies.
They’re building dependencies.

⚛️ Rare Earths = Tech Steroids

• EVs, missiles, wind turbines
• Neodymium, dysprosium, terbium
• 🇨🇳 controls 70%+ of refining

No rare earths = no weapons, no AI, no renewables.

🌾 Rice = Quiet Power

• Wheat feeds the West one harvest a year, weather-dependent, failure = famine
• Rice feeds Asia multiple harvests, water-grown, resilient through crisis
• Food security = regime security control rice, control stability

🌞 Renewables = Exit from Oil Imperialism

• No more petrodollars
• No more OPEC leverage
• Solar + wind = sovereignty
  The next superpower grid is off-grid.

🤖 Robots = Post-Human Labor

• Aging workers? Replace them
• Cheap labor? Obsolete
• Factory? Optional
  Robots don’t unionize.

✈️ Israel Gains Control of Iranian Skies

• IDF announces “full air superiority” from western Iran to Tehran
• 🇮🇱 Brig. Gen. Efe Devlin: Israeli fighter jets “flying freely” across Iranian airspace
• More than 70 aircraft took part in overnight raids

🎯 Targets Hit

• ✅ Over 40 military sites struck, including:
  • Air defense systems
  • Radar installations
  • Command & control centers
• 🔥 Strikes lasted 2.5 hours over Tehran with no Iranian interception

🧠 Deepest Strike Yet

• Israeli jets operated deeper inside Iran than ever before
• Operation described as “unprecedented” in scale and coordination

🧑‍✈️ Past High-Profile Strikes

• Israel previously:
  • 🏭 Destroyed Natanz nuclear facility
  • ☠️ Killed IRGC commander Salami and Gen. Staff Chief Bagheri
  • 👨‍🔬 Eliminated 9 nuclear scientists

🛰️ Iran Responds

• 🇮🇷 Launched 5 waves of ballistic missiles and drones:
  • 🚀 ~300 medium-range missiles
  • 🛵 “Mini Motorcycle” drones used in swarms
• 🎯 Targeted Tel Aviv’s Ministry of Defense, Nevatim Air Base, and other key infrastructure
• ⚠️ Damage reportedly less than expected

⚡ June 15: Energy War Begins

• 🇮🇷 Iranian missiles hit:
  • Haifa oil refinery (Israel’s largest)
  • Fighter jet fuel production facilities
• 🇮🇱 In retaliation, Israel struck:
  • Shahran oil depot near Tehran
  • LNG plants, refineries, and port infrastructure

🛡️ Weaknesses on Both Sides

• 🇮🇱 Israel:
  • Lacks Iron Dome interceptor stockpile for large-scale missile barrages
  • 🛳️ U.S. deploys Arleigh Burke-class destroyer to assist with missile defense
• 🇮🇷 Iran:
  • Limited inventory of medium-range missiles
  • Short-range missiles ineffective due to loss of Syrian and Lebanese launch sites
  • Drone waves too small (only 100–200) to overwhelm defenses
  • Most drones intercepted by 🇺🇸🇮🇱🇯🇴 allied forces

📉 Expert Analysis

• Iran lacks capacity for large-scale drone or missile saturation
• A hypothetical launch of 1,000+ drones in a day could pose a serious threat — but remains beyond Iran’s current capabilities

For decades, Washington sold influence with blueprints: policy papers, trade pacts, strategic dialogues.

But Indonesia just proved that power lives where goods are made and demand flows.

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Indonesia, the world’s 4th most populous nation, largest Muslim democracy, and a rising manufacturing hub, walked away from high-level trade talks in Washington.

U.S. media called it “a scheduling issue.”

In truth, it was a cold rejection.

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The backdrop:

• U.S. imposes 10% across-the-board tariffs
• Slaps 32% duties on Indonesian goods
• Then expects Jakarta to show up for negotiations like a junior partner.

Jakarta declined the invitation with silence because it has cards to play.

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• Nickel and battery material reserves
• A young workforce
• Access to China and ASEAN
• Manufacturing growth that serves both BRICS and the West

This is not a country looking for permission.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-13/indonesia-scraps-plan-to-send-delegation-to-us-for-tariff-talks

🌊 Australia’s defense depends on secure sea routes.

🛳️ Main risk is blockade or trade disruption.

☢️ Nuclear weapons can’t protect maritime lanes

Australia’s empty fridge:

🥶 7 days of chilled/frozen food

🏥 3 days of hospital pharmacy supplies

💊 7 days of retail pharmacy stock

⛽ 3 days of fuel at service stations

src: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-07/australia-fuel-security-falling-short-foi-war-game-report/104745210

⚠️ A short blockade = national crisis, Nukes don’t help solve logistical fragility

❌ U.S. will oppose Australian nukes to preserve non-proliferation norms

🌍 Risk of a domino effect—Mexico, Brazil, Venezuela, Cuba

🇲🇽 Mexico with nukes:

• 🛂 Shares a porous border with U.S.
• 🔓 U.S. security would be directly threatened

🔗 U.S. has strong incentive to block even its closest allies from going nuclear.

World’s first tanker to harness wind-powered propulsion, using technology to auto. adjust sail angle & curvature for optimal aerodynamic performance, boosting energy efficiency & cut carbon emissions.https://t.co/H3SqgnKxxp

China is set to deliver the world’s first… pic.twitter.com/eiISOVzauH

— noobfromcnh (@songminfang) June 13, 2025

China is set to deliver the world’s first sail-assisted Aframax oil tanker, “Brands Hatch,” to UK-based Union Maritime, marking a significant step toward green shipping solutions.

Built in Shanghai, the 250-meter-long vessel features three 40-meter fiberglass sails.

The wind propulsion solution is projected to reduce the vessel’s fuel consumption by approximately 1,200 tonnes annually, equating to a reduction of over 3,800 tonnes of CO2 emissions each year

The ship’s intelligent sail system required advanced engineering, including laser positioning and high-precision controls.

They are retaliating because Iran confirmed it shot down a F-35 stealth fighter jet in Syria. This is just revenge, but 200+ missiles into Tehran doesn’t move the needle.

The empire of steam, railways & colonialism was replaced by
The empire of oil & jets & PCs will be replaced by
The empire of rare earths, robotics, renewable energy & rice

We are all just in a waiting game right now.

Review into why Linda Reynolds & John Pesutto bankrupted themselves trying to sue Brittany Higgins & Moira Deeming:

So Linda why did you sell your house in order to sue Brittany Higgins?

Linda Reynolds: John John from the Victoria branch and I, sob sob, we went and bankrupted ourselves just to save our reputations, sob sob, because after they scrapped the pollie pensions, our reputations were all we had left to keep doing very important lobbying work for the Australian people.
And if we couldn’t do that, we were going to have to go on Centrelink like normal people just to survive, and we just couldn’t bear that.

Lessons from the Past

📍 Background

• 1980s Toshiba scandal: Toshiba sold $13M worth of high-precision CNC milling machines to USSR.
• Enabled USSR to quiet its Akula-class submarines, significantly eroding U.S. undersea sonar advantage.

📍 Fallout

• U.S. intelligence estimated ~ $30 billion investment was required to develop new detection technologies.
• Strategic stealth edge lost for nearly a decade; U.S. Congress collectively punished Japan Inc

📍 Key Takeaway

• A relatively small technological leak cost the U.S. decades of submarine superiority and billions in remediation.
• The time-cost asymmetry of stealth loss vs. detection gain was brutally exposed.

China’s Quantum & Magnetic Wake Detection Breakthroughs

📍 The Breakthroughs

• Drone-mounted CPT quantum sensors: Near MAD-XR performance, cheap, mobile, operational at low latitudes.
• Magnetic wake tracking: Detects disturbances in ionized seawater from subs, no longer dependent on depth or sonar.
• Trials in the South China Sea show:
  • Detection sensitivity at sub-nanotesla levels.
  • Grid mapping with 99.8% correlation and high stability.

📍 Strategic Implications

• Defeats traditional U.S. stealth doctrine no acoustic silence can mask magnetic or quantum wake signatures.
• Denial zones (Taiwan Strait, SCS) now fully trackable.
• Potential for ~50-kms passive detection range if deep-seabed EM sensors are matured.
• China’s Underwater Great Wall: Integration of:
  • Balloon surveillance, seabed sensors, AI sonar, satellite lasers.
  • Goal: build a layered kill web for total maritime domain awareness.

Like Toshiba, But Worse

• Toshiba gave USSR quieter subs; China builds tools to see through U.S. stealth, a harder strategic blow.
• Unlike the USSR, China has industrial scale, mass manufacturing, and drone swarms for wide deployment.
• Cost per drone sensor <10% of MAD-XR, enabling saturation coverage.

📍 AUKUS Reality Check

• U.S. plans to deliver Australia Virginia-class subs by 2040s.
• Cost: Over $368B AUD, timeline: 20+ years.
• But stealth submarines may already be detectable before launch.

📍 Countermeasure Dilemma

• Potential U.S. responses:
  • Magnetic shielding → adds weight, power draw.
  • Wake disruption tech → unproven, costly.
  • AI-evading tactics → needs entirely new operating doctrines.
• Time to counter: 10–15 years, Cost: $50–70B+, with no guarantee of stealth restoration.

1st Law of Geopolitics = Don’t March on Moscow
2nd Law of Geopolitics = Don’t Bluff Beijiang
3rd Law of Geopolitics = New Delhi always loses

“They taught our leaders to surrender to China, opened our borders, and poisoned our children’s minds. Harvard is the cathedral of American decline.” Trump rally, 2027.

Why Harvard May Not Escape Trump’s Wrath https://t.co/xqz4XrIjji

Where MAGA’s Three-Pronged Agenda… pic.twitter.com/neJugEIKCr

— noobfromcnh (@songminfang) June 11, 2025

Where MAGA’s Three-Pronged Agenda Falls Apart

🇺🇸 Tariff War – Preserve USD Hegemony -> Allies resist tariffs, TACO (Trump Always Chickens Out), BRICS expands

💻 Tech War – Preserve US Tech supremacy -> China controls Rare Earths supply & leads in 57 of 64 key techs (ASPI 2023)

🧬 Demographics – Preserve White supremacy -> U.S. birthrate keeps falling; MAGA base shrinking

🧠 Why Harvard?

Harvard becomes a symbolic scapegoat as a convergence point of all three.

1. Cultural Marxism DEI, gender studies, pro-immigration academia
2. Globalist Betrayal, liberal internationalism
3. Elite Privilege $53B endowment, legacy admissions, ties to Deep State/IMF/WTO elite

💡 What Trump Can’t Say Openly but His Base Understands

“We lost the tech war. We are drowning in debt. We lost the birthrate race.”
So instead he says:
“We lost America — because of them.”

• “Them” = Harvard, immigrants, globalists, woke elites

Mobilization & Retribution (Action-Driven)

Turn resentment into action:

• Legislation: Strip endowment tax exemptions, defund research grants
• Surveillance: Investigate ties to China, radical curricula
• Visa Crackdowns: Restrict international students, especially from China