"The 75-year-old American-led international order will be back in his firing line. Men like Pompeo may tell themselves they can steer him in a different direction. But if they finally stand up to him, they may find themselves with urgent business to attend to in Ulaanbaatar or, worse still, at a potash factory in the Urals."

"then spent two decades at General Electric learning from Jack Welch how to erode industrial capacity in favor of shareholders"

Today Hong Kong rests upon a delicate balance — one in which western liberal capitalism and Chinese authoritarianism find themselves juxtaposed, not always without conflict, but never without mutual benefit. Far from the parallel tracks that we had once placed our obdurate faith in, my fear is that “one country, two systems” will end its days as a violent clash between east and west. The death of an independent Hong Kong will mean the death of the peaceful coexistence we have all come to take for granted.

liberals have higher openness to experience.

of 5 morality groups: harm/care, fairness/reciprocity, in-group/loyalty, authority/respect, and purity/sanctity

liberals and conservatives agree on the first two, but conservatives focus on the last 3

his website yourmorals.org