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4. Decline of representative democracy worldwide, leading to abandonment of national alliances with the United States, collapse of US-friendly world trade regimes and alliance structures, and profitable leaks of all critical military/security technology to China, Russia, and others
4. Decline of representative democracy worldwide, leading to abandonment of national alliances with the United States, collapse of US-friendly world trade regimes and alliance structures, and profitable leaks of all critical military/security technology to China, Russia, and others
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5. Massive investment in "big-iron" traditional defense projects (aircraft carriers, jet fighters, etc.) while neglecting actual future warfare (drones, C4ISR, data warfare, hacking countermeasures, anti-satellite weaponry and satellite backup options, etc.)
6. Chinese dominance of rare earth minerals (antimony, coltan, etc.) critical to military weapons systems and communications
7. Chinese dominance of future-critical electric technologies (solar, wind, etc.) and battery technology
8. Worsening of climate-change-driven damage (e.g. hurricanes, floods, tornadoes, droughts, fires), destabilizing insurance markets and raising premiums, and raising agricultural and food costs
9. Degradation of American infrastructure, causing massive waste (delayed commutes, damage to vehicles) and raising transport costs for all goods
10. Huge increase in the ability of internet actors to target children, divide the American people for profit, and drive general hysteria over phantoms while problems 1 through 9 are utterly ignored