"Without money, nothing can be done.
But if we dare to indulge in industrial hollowing out, shifting from the real to the virtual, and focus solely on the 'international financial center' path that seems easier for making money, letting others take away the industrial crown,
we would instantly fall to the status of a third-world country, relegated to being followers, with no chance of rising again.
In the industrial age, losing the tertiary industry is one thing, but losing industrial strength, especially military industrial strength, will eventually lead to losing everything!"
Others might not realize how serious the situation is.
But Byron personally witnessed how that former top industrial power ended up crashing airplanes daily, having two-digit numbers of aircraft carriers under simultaneous repair, and losing sixty years of space capability...
"With such a precedent in mind, I will weld that industrial crown firmly to my forehead, even if it requires welding."
