Everybody Wants to Rule the World – Tears For Fears
Control over the materials that power the future has always decided which nations rise and which fall. From the tin and copper of the Bronze Age to the coal and iron of Britain’s Industrial Revolution, empires that secured key resources dominated their eras—while those who grew dependent on rivals faded. Today, the battleground is critical minerals: lithium, rare earths, nickel, cobalt, graphite, and others like copper and silver, essential for electric vehicles, robotics, aerospace, defense systems, and AI infrastructure.
China currently dominates the supply chain. It controls the majority of global rare earth processing and refining, creating dangerous leverage over technologies that drive modern economies and militaries. Decades of strategic investment allowed Beijing to turn the midstream into a chokepoint. America cannot afford this vulnerability. Relying on a strategic competitor for the building blocks of our EVs, fighter jets, satellites, and humanoid robots is unacceptable. The stakes are immediate- Elon Musk has highlighted the urgency: China’s restrictions on rare earth magnets have already disrupted Tesla’s Optimus humanoid robot production, which relies on high-performance motors. Tesla’s next generation EVs and robotics, along with SpaceX’s rockets, engines, and Starlink satellites, demand secure supplies of materials like lithium, nickel, and alternatives such as
#strontium ferrite magnets to dominate next generation motors. History warns us what happens when a power offshores its productive base. Britain lost manufacturing supremacy as the U.S. and Germany surged ahead. Spain squandered New World wealth while rivals built real industry. America offshored too much in the late 20th century; we must not repeat that mistake with the minerals defining the 21st.
The present is a turning point. In 2026 the year of
@America250, our nation’s 250th anniversary, we have a generational opportunity to reclaim leadership through domestic mining on American soil and advanced processing here at home. Companies like Dateline Resources (ASX:
$DTR, OTCQB:
$DTREF) are already stepping up with projects right here in California. Their Colosseum Gold and Rare Earths Project combines a substantial gold resource with emerging
#rareearths potential, located just miles from the only active U.S. rare earth mine at Mountain Pass.
Dateline has further strengthened America’s position by acquiring the Music Valley Heavy Rare Earths Project, which provides exposure to both light rare earths (such as neodymium and praseodymium for magnets in EVs and motors) and heavy rare earths (like dysprosium and terbium for high-temperature defense and advanced tech applications). They also own the Argos Strontium Project, the largest known strontium deposit in the United States, which offers a domestic source for strontium compounds vital for ferrite magnets and other technologies that can produce next generation tech.
These efforts demonstrate what’s possible when American ingenuity meets strategic resources:
#gold for economic strength, light and heavy rare earths for next generation technology, and strontium as a key alternative material. This is not, and cannot be, a partisan issue. Securing our critical minerals supply chain demands bipartisanship- real, sustained cooperation across the aisle. America’s security and prosperity transcend politics; our response to this challenge must too. The future belongs to the independent and the bold. Winning the critical minerals race means resilient supply chains, economic strength, technological edge, national security, and responsible environmental protection. It means building, not begging -for the materials that will power American innovation for the next 250 years! We must map, dig, refine, innovate, and produce here so that no foreign power can turn off the lights on our progress. America has the resources, the ingenuity, and the moment. The only question is whether we will seize it. -
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