Flag on Singularity: The Showdown of US 50 Stars vs. China’s 5

The U.S. has long navigated technological competition through the strategic reallocation of resources, transitioning from the Arms Race to the Space Race—a pattern now playing out in the AI race. In the 1950s, the U.S. invested over $11 trillion (adjusted) into nuclear arms and bombers, while the Soviet Union focused on developing ICBMs. Though the Sovi…