As a species, that is. I recently had this thought - we are all aware of the general narrative, right? The US has supposedly been recovering and trying to reverse-engineer alien/non-human technology for multiple decades now. And although the overall lore states that some tech like transistors or lasers may have been bolstered by this secret research, it's generally assumed that it's mostly about finding ways to weaponize it. That's why it's, again, according to the lore, so deeply buried in secrecy, black budgets, ridicule and compartmentalization. Because it's imperative that the US succeeds in weaponizing the alien tech BEFORE the Russians or the Chinese do. That's part of the lore too, and has been very relevant in recent years. That there is this secret cold war about reverse-engineering and weaponizing flying saucers. Supposedly, Russia and China have similar goals to the US, and they're all spying and trying to keep it secret, but the implication is that whoever cracks it first, wins. Like, *wins* wins. And then I thought that there is an awfully big elephant in that room. Assuming that the part about the presence of non-human technology on Earth is true, then what the fuck are the three most powerful countries in the world thinking? Lemme get this straight, a technologically superior species (or their drones) is here, supposedly observes and studies us (including our warfare capabilities) and we're worried about beating Russia? Doesn't it make more sense for all of us to be worried about the faction that is, oh I don't know, *not human*???? I assure you, Americans and Russians have far more in common with each other than they do with aliens. If our governments are so sure that this is a real thing, why do they keep getting involved in petty squabbles while the real danger remains largely unaddressed and understudied? Shouldn't they be a lot more worried? They can't possibly be ALL extremely short-sighted. It doesn't make sense to me. If the technology is real and so far beyond ours that it would end all the competition for world dominance, then the real makers and wielders of this technology are what's the real issue here. submitted by /u/CommonBison537 [link] [comments]