<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Civilizational war does not require armies... > Civilizational war does not require armies crossing borders. It begins when rival powers compete for the energy, compute, industrial capacity, population reproduction, technological standards, information sovereignty and institutional order that determine whether a civilization can remain autonomous. **Source:** [[articles/The Gigawatt Is the New Measure of War|The Gigawatt Is the New Measure of War: AI, Demography, and the Civilizational Contest Between America and China]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Civilizational war does not require armies crossing borders. It begins when rival powers compete for the energy, compute, industrial capacity, population reproduction, technological standards, information sovereignty and institutional order that determine whether a civilization can remain autonomous.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-civilizational-war-require-civilization-remain-autonomous ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->