You see that insignificant, shrimpy little craft?
That's one of Columbus's ships. I mean, compare
that feeble European capitalist laissez-faire effort
to the awesome might of Ming Confucian crony
capitalism. Some theorists think that wooden
ships that size are blatantly impossible, but,
well, these vast Ming treasure ships were built
from reinforced concrete and a kind of plywood.
Supposedly.
