Worse, some of them are Ethical Altruists, just like Sam Bankman Fried of FTX

This is amazing

Not sure Xi cares about the state of his country after he goes into history books

Very high likelihood of invasion as Xi would like to cement his legacy before he dies

When one company in an industry has nearly endless cash, as Microsoft and Apple do, it is natural that everyone else would be seen as acquisition targets

China already have their own system in orbit

It is exactly the same approach

Brazil “eu caguei e andei” (I shat and walked). Functionally equivalent to “I don’t give a shit” but in Portuguese one actually shits but doesn’t care to wipe and walks away or walks at the same as is shitting.