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Thank you Jim!! I also thought up until a certain point that the rivalry was stronger than the cooperation but when I saw that Cyber Polygon, I thought, wait a second. And again, I am sure that each of the ambitious owners of the world would prefer to be THE owner but in the real world, they probably collaborate with each other more than the television tells us. There is an interesting book (unrelated to Russia) about DuPonts called "Behind the Nylon Curtain." It talks about this dynamic a lot, where politicians and corporate owners talk to each other and even work together across wars and sanctions and supposed public rivalries, while pretending that they are at war. (I am sure sometimes the personal rivalry is sincere but in many cases, I think they are just lying.)

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