22nd February 2023, 9:22 AM
On the other hand, China are champions at "soft power" which the U.S. could learn a thing or two about. They're already working their way into African nations, rebuilding roads, hospitals, schools and the like to gain influence.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)