An “iron rice bowl” is simply a job you can find anywhere.
When you place your confidence in someone else—when you have faith in that iron rice bowl, when you trust your partner—you’re essentially trusting nothing at all.
Because confidence is directed inward; it’s sought within oneself.
So everyone wraps themselves in a mask, pretending to be whoever others expect them to be.
The opportunity to hear the truth isn't very frequent, so when you do come across one, listen quietly—don't bring your own biases or jump to premature conclusions.
Behind confusion lies desire—you only feel confused when you want something.
What is corporate tax? It’s one way a country shows its attitude toward capital: if you coddle it too much, it acts with no law or rule to restrain it; if you give it no benefits at all, it’ll just bolt.
What the elite need isn't a placebo or some opiate-like pseudo-idealism—that's just an anesthetic for people who are completely hopeless but refuse to accept it.
What the elite need is clear markers, or rather distinctiveness, a way to tell them apart from ordinary people.