Ask for advice or help. Then the hard part, be a good listener. Instant friend.

Ok, they are talking about economic growth, not cultural issues. Brazil’s 2011 New Macroeconomic Matrix policy lead to a bad recession in the 2010s.

What does “Why we are not Sao Paulo” reference?

Slig from Dune.

“We have won just about enough ground to bury our dead.” - supposedly from a Soviet general after the Winter War.