I'm optimistic, because in the end, the energy of individual people to come up with crazy ideas that are going to sort things out is the most powerful force in the world. So let's look at grounds for optimism. But you need to be wary as well. You can't just have us a blind optimism that everything will naturally go in a Western direction. That's why you got things like Tiananmen Square where they have to crush the revolt and you sort of mash the protesters into, you know, into blood and pulp with tanks.

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