Day 1,289: spurn
If America demands that other countries freeze out China without offering sufficient access to its own markets then it will be spurned by rising powers.
Artwork of the day
Cupid spurning riches
Guercino
Style: Baroque
Genre: allegorical painting
Media: oil, canvas
Word of the day
spurn: to refuse to accept something or someone because you feel that thing or person is not worth having
Quote of the day
“It is not for me to judge another man's life. I must judge, I must choose, I must spurn, purely for myself. For myself, alone.”
― Herman Hesse, Siddhartha