> Governments are comparatively hard to read. Maybe in the moment, because the constraints they're fighting against are large and not easily understood except

> Governments are comparatively hard to read. Maybe in the moment, because the constraints they're fighting against are large and not easily understood except through hindsight, but history shows that adversarial governments are pretty rational as well. They seek to increase their dominance, natural resources, and manufacturing capability, amongst their peers, and over ever-larger numbers of people. Just like corporations, it's all self-serving turtles, all the way down.