Sarah Paine

In fact, they probably cost them more money to hang on to.

And so they're perennially doing that.

I believe the Japanese are known to be incredibly hardworking.

I believe the Chinese are known to be very hardworking.

I have never heard anyone say the Russians are known to be hardworking.

Maybe I missed something.

I've heard they're like artists and they have the Russian, their soul.

Okay, great.

I mean, that's like a big excuse to say, well, you know, we may fail at everything, but our soul is superior.

So I think there are these other things that are at work.

And in Germany, it's the center of Europe.

It's a highly developed place.

It already has high levels of literacy.

There's a lot more to work with in Germany.

And it already has a better infrastructure for Russia.

It's huge when you're trying to build railway systems.

Just enormous.

And think about Trans-Siberian.

If you just took all that track, just lengthened, put it all over European Russia, you really have something there.

All right, well, first of all, he's the founding father of modern China.