At the time that the Security Council was set up, something like 90% of people in China were rural peasants. Unable to read. Today, people living in China, for the most part, enjoy superior technology in transportation and certain other sectors to people living in America. So we're just in a different world. And at moments like that, moments of rupture, moments of institutional renewal, moments where you're rebuilding something from the ground up, that's when it's most important to be in touch with first principles. (30:13–30:23)
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