Americans and Chinese are more alike than most people realize. Seeing China more clearly helps us see America more clearly.

The engineering state vs. the lawyerly state. Engineers put outcomes over process. Lawyers put process over outcomes. Engineers envision bridges; lawyers envision procedures. Lawyers too often stop things rather than create them. The system favors the wealthy, while lawyers get a pass to stomp into whichever intellectual realm pleases them.

If the two countries go to war, the fact that CHINA CAN BUILD will matter. Ammunition, drones, ships—all of it has to be built. The US has lost its ability to build. We’re bringing a group of lawyers to a technology fight.