They think we need more monuments when we need more markets. The new coastal highway costs more than ten years of fisherman subsidies — meanwhile, our boats rot and the Chinese Coast Guard laughs. They talk about sovereignty with flags and parades, but won’t protect the men who actually live it, day after day, on the East Sea. My son’s generation won’t remember why we fought if all they see is concrete and karaoke bars. I serve phở to men who came back from the war and never spoke of it, but you can see it in how they hold their spoon — that’s the real history. Leaders forget that a nation isn’t built on speeches, but on who gets fed, and how.
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