I bought a new “off the shelf” ThinkPad laptop. Delivery? Four and a half months. Why so long? China lockdowns, etc. Dictators don’t age well. They get crazier. As Lord Acton wrote 150 years ago: “Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely.“ Conscription in tzarist Russia was life. In 1793 it was reduced to 25 years. […]