Now, this is not just an abstraction. And I think this is one of the challenges that we have, and I saw this even before the last election. I think people tend to think democracy, rule of law, independent judiciary, freedom of the press, that's all abstract stuff because it's not affecting the price of eggs. Well, you know what, it's about to affect the price of eggs. One of the things that has distinguished us in the past has been this basic idea that we are a rules based society. (27:35–27:50)
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