Absolutely gut busting paragraph from the end if the article
The country that controls the source of energy that keeps technological civilization running will control the Earth. If China becomes that country, considering its human rights record and imperial foreign policy, history will take a dark turn. Therefore, the United States and the countries that have signed the Artemis Accords must acquire control of lunar helium-3 and develop the technology to use it as a source of fusion energy. Thus, the Artemis program will ensure the continuance of prosperity and human freedom on the Earth.
I chose 40 years because the Chinese invasion of Vietnam was 43 years ago. While that was a terrible error and a tragedy, I don’t think you can call it imperialism. It ended within 3 weeks and returned to the status quo, and China was doing what it did to protect its ally Cambodia :cringe:
In hindsight, Vietnam was completely in the right and China really fucked up. Thousands of communist lives lost needlessly.
Vietnam is still really mad about the Chinese hydroelectric dam fucking up their river, but that's a whole other kettle of fish
:some-controversy: "I think you mean the We-kong"