The Interrelationship of Inflation and Geopolitics

I won't go into the details of why inflation and geopolitics are interrelated except to say that, you know, it starts to create pain. And then people start to think about, wait a minute, how much food do I have? How much energy do I have versus someone else? And then you begin a contest for ownership of these assets once inflation begins. And I think this played a contributing part. It's not the total sum driver, but it played a major contributing part in the resurgence of geopolitics. We live in a world where as soon as China in particular started to get ahead, it started to produce global brands like Huawei. The reaction of the West was basically to