Essay: Business is more powerful than military might. All REAL Americans know this!

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Question: Is business more powerful than military might?

Why business is more powerful than military might

Consider:

America, the most powerful country in the world. It's power is its army of talented business people

"The business of America is business." - Calvin Coolidge

Calvin Coolidge famously said "The business of America is business." America's strength is not its military might, it's the strength is its army of business people and its natural resources.

Behold, the strength of America's business people in the essays below:

Military might is built on economic might - not vice versa

John Mearsheimer, is an American political scientist and international relations scholar, who belongs to the realist school of international relations and teaches at the University of Chicago.

In his 2023 interview with the South China Morning Post, Professor John Joseph Mearsheimer stated about U.S. relations with China and Russia:

“ The Americans have a vested interest in pivoting full force to East Asia, to contain China. The Americans view China as a more serious threat than Russia. It’s very important to understand that China is a peer competitor to the United States. China is a rising great power and is a threat to the US in ways that Russia is not. So the Americans have a vested interest in not getting bogged down in a war in eastern Europe, more specifically in Ukraine.

Furthermore, they have a vested interest in doing everything they can to make sure that Russia and China are not close allies. What happens as a result of the Ukraine war is that it’s almost impossible for the US to fully pivot in Asia.[1]

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In his March 2022 interview with The New Yorker, Mearsheimer indicated:

“ I’m talking about the raw-power potential of Russia—the amount of economic might it has. Military might is built on economic might. You need an economic foundation to build a really powerful military. To go out and conquer countries like Ukraine and the Baltic states and to re-create the former Soviet Union or re-create the former Soviet Empire in Eastern Europe would require a massive army, and that would require an economic foundation that contemporary Russia does not come close to having. There is no reason to fear that Russia is going to be a regional hegemony in Europe. Russia is not a serious threat to the United States. We do face a serious threat in the international system. We face a peer competitor. And that’s China. Our policy in Eastern Europe is undermining our ability to deal with the most dangerous threat that we face today.[2] ”

In 2016, Mearsheimer said: "Russia was a declining great power."[3]

Apple's market cap is larger than all but 6 of world's top economies

A majority of the 100 most valuable brands were based in the United States, with a combined value of $3.2 trillion

In 2024, a majority of the 100 most valuable brands were based in the United States, with a combined value of $3.2 trillion.[4]

Fourth generation warfare is the bane of countries than "win" costly wars. Post-war insurgencies and terrorism are real and significant problems

Fourth-generation warfare (4GW) is a conflict in which there is a blurring of the separation between war and politics and combatants/civilians. 4GW wars are more decentralized in terms of their command and control.

The term fourth-generation warfare was initially used in 1980 by a team of United States analysts, including the author William S. Lind, to describe warfare's return to a decentralized expression of conflict.[5]

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Winning a war vs. winning the peace. There is a difference. Peace usually last longer than wars so it's essential to win the peace

A nation can lose a war or proxy war, yet win the peace. At the present time, the USA has better relations with Vietnam than China - despite the Vietnam War. Vietnam, one of the countries with the most favorable public opinion regarding the U.S., is the only communist country to have such a favorable view.[6]

In September 2023, US President Joe Biden visited Vietnam. Hosted by the Secretary-General of the Communist Party, Vietnam’s most senior official, the two countries signed a comprehensive strategic partnership. This marks the latest stage in an extraordinary turnaround in relations between two countries that once fought a bitter and brutal war. But how did it develop? And what lies behind this change? See: VIETNAM | America's New Ally?.

Communist Vietmanese soldiers laying a wreath at the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum

Soldiers who engage in goose stepping drum up quite a thirst. No doubt they will quench it with a Coca Cola! USA! USA! USA!

References

  1. ↑ The West needs to prepare for ‘ugly’ Russian victory in Ukraine, which will reward China, leading US political scientist warns, South China Morning Post
  2. ↑ Why John Mearsheimer Blames the U.S. for the Crisis in Ukraine, The New Yorker, March 2022
  3. ↑ Why is Ukraine the West's Fault? Featuring John Mearsheimer
  4. ↑ The 100 Top Brands in the World, Visual Capitalist
  5. ↑ Fourth generation warfare, The Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential
  6. ↑ Global image of countries. US Global Image, Pew Research
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