Comments by "Patrick T" (@patrickt49) on "Peter Zeihan || Trusting the Numbers in a Deglobalized World" video.

  1. "With absolutely no advantage to be gained by lying, in a thousand instances where the explanation is of no importance one way or the other, a Chinese will relate the most absurd sort of cellophane lie. High and low, coolie, or general, they will lie naively, reassuringly, always affecting surprised pain at your doubts, when within an hour or so the truth is certain to crop out." - "Ways that are dark: The Truth About China" By Ralph Townsend (Former US Consul who lived in 1930s China) This problem is unfortunately innate in their culture.
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