Supposing an invasion does happen, to address the question of what you can do, just look at America’s losing streak of wars that has been ongoing for 50+ years.

The Too-canny Valley

If you take a view of America as it truly is and truly has been, rather than an idealized view of what it could be or says it is, it’s hard to say that America is the superior option, especially considering the direction that America has been going over the last 30-50 years.

At least Chinese investments in renewable energy and sciences and general human development are actually underway, unlike the United States, which seems hell bent on halting or reversing all of the above. And this is not even a trump thing, that has been the trend for most of my adult life, at least as far as I can tell: Rising anti-intellectualism, gutting the arts, science denial, and doubling or tripling down on non-renewable energy sources have been the milieu in the USA as long as I can remember, having been born there in 1990.

Hey, I studied at Sophia and even met Dr. Mari, even if just in passing! Neat!

Yeah like, I have a very good friend who is in Argentina and I care a lot about the country as a result. I’d love to visit someday…

日文，Chinese，英語 この三個言語を話すのは有用，but 有時我的brainがバラバラに使いがち。

Tomorrow I am going to organize the trash, prepare to take it out, and plan my meal schedule to account for some late-afternoon obligations in the following day. I will probably ride my bike along the lake and possibly lift weights for exercise. There are emails and letters to catch up on too.

How many more tests do you fucking need? The water is boiling! Get out of the pot already!

(I realize the premise of the test that this adage is based on was flawed.)

I also had no idea.

True, got a point.

That would be the 鳥人間コンテスト！ Held every year!

最初はお前の冗談が分からなかったが、理解した瞬間に笑わずにはいられなかった。

Someone tell the carnists!

Says a bit about the potency of those intelligence agencies, maybe? Or the vigor with which these policies will be pursued - or lack thereof. I dunno.

I mean, it kind of already is an organizational mess that’s completely chaotic.