Sam is the pinnacle of male virtue. Loyal. Saves the world. Goes home and raises a family. Never gives up on Frodo. Fights a spider monster alone. As a hobbit he wasn’t *supposed* to do all this. But he rose to the challenge when called.
He’s the real hero of the trilogy.
Learning from the elderly is a huge life hack.
You will (if you're lucky) be this age someday. You can just listen to their advice now and save yourself from massive life mistakes.
Just listen for a minute! Have some respect and learn. These are free wins.
I traveled on roads like this too. In Guinea-Conakry there are roads that were once paved. There are railroad tracks that once worked. Westerners don’t understand regression.
This would fully isolate us.
In the resulting power vacuum, a new world order would form around China.
Just think for any given idea, do our enemies want this? If so it's probably a bad idea.