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Kenya must think into the future to win the long game

The statue of Otto von Bismarck in Hamburg, Germany. Long game players have national cultures and leverage on science and technology. (Xn Iraki)

We continue from last week our discussion on some escape strategies from the grips of the long game. We stopped at number five.

Six.  We can’t play the long game without science and technology. Long economic game demands that you control information and means of production. Why does America control export of some products? Technology and science create barriers to entry and allow you to make your money and lots of it. A Boeing 777-9 goes for 425 million US dollars. That is 42.5 billion Kenya shillings.

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