content: It really does. Meanwhile, if you watched Empire of Dust (the documentary where we get the "it's all so tiresome" meme), the whole thing is about how much trouble he has getting gravel. He talks to a guy on the phone and the guy says "yes, yes, no problem, I have everything you need" but that turns out to be a lie.  And the chinese guy is  legitimately confused by that. Why lie? They'll buy whatever you have. If you just tell them "I only have half of what you're asking for" the chinese will say "fine I'll still buy it" then they'll go buy the rest from somewhere else. But because the african lied, and the chinese depended on him, the project suffers. People say these are cultural differences but I disagree. I think someone with a higher IQ would recognize the damage he's doing to his own reputation by telling a needless lie.