Sarah Paine

They have cheaper labor now, places like Vietnam.

And India has also been doing all sorts of things.

And my impression with India is it isn't one of India's problems.

It needs a better infrastructure and their investments going on in that.

So there are many other people in the world who are interested in making money and they've watched how China did it.

You can emulate that.

So I think if China is foolish enough to do Taiwan, these will be the long-term ramifications.

It's a mistake.

As annoying as other countries are, it's better to just argue with them at international institutions.

And China has a big presence at these international institutions and should be able to get others to go along with however it wants to change rules.

and do it that way.

If they're going to do it the Putin way, you can look at it.

It's negative sum.

And they will get a timeout from the global order.

Ever since the Industrial Revolution introduced compounded economic growth, this continental solution is a mistake.

It is much better to forget about invading territory, allow the free traffic of people, trade, goods, ideas, and then we'll all grow together.

Yeah.

Oh, the continental maritime.

I've just discussed geography because it's something I think most people don't think about.

And so and particularly what's hilarious about people who buy navies.