Nir Bashan
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
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disciplined and incredible approach there.
General MacArthur was the steward of the Japanese islands for seven years, seven years.
He said, hey, this is about building roads.
This is about getting back the Japanese people back to where they can contribute to the world and not become a fascist or a Nazi state.
This is about rehabilitation.
And that decision was made.
But the actual work, right?
The rubber meeting the road got really bad.
Why?
Because he got people together in Japan and said, OK, guys,
We have to rebuild this road.
And they were like, great.
That's a committee that meets Tuesdays.
So he waited until Tuesday, went to the committee meeting, and he said, guys, we've got to build this road.
Yeah, but that's on Thursdays.
That's a national road.
This is a local road.
There's a jurisdiction that handles both the roads.
And he was like, the complexity was insane, right?
Everything had a committee.