

I’ll give the current kleptocrats credit where it is due: I bet they motivated people globally to learn about finance, various economic modalities of government, privacy, geopolitics, politics in general, humanitarianism, philosophy, various sciences, immigration/law, Con Law, tort law and a bunch of things my sleepy self can’t rattle off just now. Maybe varying religions and other stuff too.
Yes, I remember having this discussion with someone a sea away and they were adamant it “made more business sense.”