Payne argues that the key to maritime order success is 'the transportation and then the willingness of people to cooperate with each other instead of killing each other'—transportation makes trade possible, but cooperation is a choice: 'we can make money if we stop picking on each other'—cultural acceptance (different utensils, foods, customs) is irrelevant: 'you eat with chopsticks i can deal with that i don't like chopsticks i'm doing forks who cares'