Comment by bandrami

> The real question is why anyone (let alone everyone) believes this single-winner theory in 2026

In the First World War, when they introduced the tank, everybody assumed its role would be to punch a big enough hole in the front lines that the horse cavalry could ride through and attack the enemy's supply lines, because That's How Wars End™. You fight the war you know, even when it's not the one you're actually fighting.