Economic Resilience in Wartime

We still have eight minutes until the end of the program.

Let’s ask this question: How do you see the state of economic resilience

of the country and the state of its economic management under wartime conditions? Look, regarding

resilience, there is a principle that the more we can, from an economic standpoint,

within the country,

provide for people’s well-being, the more resilient society will be— but God is my witness,

I don’t want to make slogans. I, um, have no doubt

our people, in terms of resilience

They’re doing much better than the officials.

I’m more concerned about officials’ ability to endure. Some officials, compared with the people.

I believe the people, in this— What should that

group of officials endure? Exactly what? Because economic pressure— as much as the people can

endure.

You know what I want to tell you— Because I think many respected officials

don’t have that

economic pressure anymore. No, in one respect, the poor people, now that they endure…

They bring them and accompa— but until they do, what exactly should they do now? Honestly,

I want to speak frankly with you.

I have been to perhaps over 150 squares throughout the country.

I have gone. Once tonight's program ends, I will enter another square

as well.

In these 150 squares, perhaps not one person

came to tell me, “Sir, economically, because we are

under pressure, end the war sooner.” Look, I see people whose

shoes are sometimes torn. People who perhaps cannot buy new

clothes—just in these past few days.

But I want to tell you something— there are people in this country who have this concern,

after all.

No, no, what I mean is not that they should be under

pressure.

I even want to say that the greatest pressure is on these people.

I want to say that this group bears the greatest pressure, precisely.

These same people who come and wave flags at night, these same people who, in fact,

stand by their country are, in my view, even on the front line of bearing the pressures

They're economic. That's how I see it. Based on what I'm seeing.

But I want to tell you that I see the issue of resilience as more prevalent

among the people than in the minds of

some of our elites. I believe the miscalculation

made by some decision-making elites needs to be corrected a little.

That is, they think people won't go along.

That's what he means—