I remember when I read the “Tao” by Lao-Tzu. Long story short, it's a how-to book about a leader should rule and how they interact with their people and respect nature. Judging from this, it seems like it had a great effect on how it influence the author. For starters, it does this sort of cause and effect thing that's more detrimental if anything. So I guess you could say it sets off a chain reaction that's no so good on anybody’s part….at least, that's my interpretation of what he's saying. For instance, he gives the example of “to supply an army at a great distance is to impoverish one's people. On the other hand, in the vicinity of the armies, the price of goods goes up. Where goods are expensive, you exhaust your resources, and once
