I would like to take this opportunity to explain the loss of the Axis Powers in World War II, and why it bodes unwell for the United States and its NATO allies in the next major war.
To begin with, the Nazis in 1939 had all the military advantages. The Luftwaffe was the world's largest air force, the Kriegsmarine was the world's deadliest navy, the Panzer was the world's best tank, Enigma was the world's best encryption standard, and the Germans dominated in a myriad of other ways as well.
None of that mattered though. Why? Because the Germans were inferior in one insurmountable area: their economy. When America entered the war, our tanks were nicknamed "Ronsons", because their armor was so thin that a single hit would cause them to explode. One German "King Tiger" tank could dispatch with five of them before going down.
But the beauty of America's tanks was that, though it took five of them to destroy one German tank, the American economy was able to produce twenty of them for each tank the Germans built. And that proved to be insurmountable odds for our foes.
To provide another example, when the Japanese struck Pearl Harbor in December of 1941, the United States had a grand total of four Aircraft Carriers. By the time Japan surrendered just four short years later, the United States had fifty Aircraft Carriers. We had pumped out one massive 50,000-tonne behemoth for every month of our participation in the war.
And that is the single greatest reason why the Allies won. It was because we had a far superior economy to the Axis.
So when people tell you that China's impending economic dominance over the West does not matter, and that we have and will always enjoy military superiority over them, you must not believe them. Because having the biggest, baddest weapons has never determined who emerged victorious in war. Only who had access to the most resources, and who was able to most efficiently wield them.
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