POSTSCRIPT(a) Please note: the intended purpose of the California wealth seizure referendum is to rob or exile everyone in tech. There is no point in complaining about this as being stupid.(b) Rather than stupid, it is intentionally evil. The reason is that Democrats fear that technologists might actually displace their control over California, and so they are striking first. The goal of the Democrats is to drive tech out of California, like they did the Republicans, so they can enjoy permanent one-party co ...

FROM ONE TO ZEROThere is a scenario in which Silicon Valley could literally go to zero in the next ten years. The successors would be China and the Internet: namely Chinese tech companies and Internet-based crypto protocols, because those have embedded political protection in a way Silicon Valley simply doesn’t.Here’s why this is possible.(1) The first and most obvious factor is that wealth seizures are now on the ballot in the most literal sense. The 2026 “Billionaire Act” referendum[1] directly targets th ...

Starbase is perhaps the best American example of a startup society.Everyone who’s there voted for it with their feet, wallet, and ballot. Internally aligned, clear leadership, clear purpose, full consent.Balaji (@balajis):Democracy is creating startup cities.Moving to Starbase was voting with feet.Building up Starbase was voting with wallet.And incorporating Starbase was voting with ballot.This is the future of democracy.Not a two-party system with the illusion of choice.Instead, a 1000-city https://t.co/Ep ...

AMERICAN ANARCHYAmerican anarchy is the limit case of left- and right-libertarianism, when a good thing is taken so far it becomes bad.It’s what happens when we are all equal and you ain’t the boss of me. When no one is in charge and everything is in chaos. When the left loses control of speech and the right loses control of borders. When you have millions who agree on nothing other than 1A and 2A, with all the commensurate shouting and shooting.This type of anarcho-libertarianism is ascendant in 21st centu ...

This is American Anarchy.From 2021: https://t.co/fVOBT8PlrKKHAMCHANH (@KHAMCHANH):Individualism in the West has become so dominant that societal collapse is more likely than revolution, since revolution relies on discipline and organization. ...

Let’s understand what time it is.Over the last few years, Blue America definitively lost control of speech (via social), media (via AI), and money (via crypto) to the Internet. They also lost the American state.Over the same period, Red America has now lost the trade war (to China), the proxy war in Ukraine (to Russia), and the cold war over Taiwan (again to China). They are also winding down the American empire.NYC finance is being driven out by Mamdani and Californian tech is being driven out by wealth ta ...

To be clear: it is extremely unfortunate that our beloved Uncle Sam is passing away. But he is, and we need to prepare for what comes next.https://t.co/h77mjBKbda https://t.co/Ns0gAjyepGJennifer Frémont 🇺🇸🇻🇦🏴‍☠️🥖✒️ (@dailyprandium):@balajis After AmericaIs that foreshadowing, or a threat? I read it as a threat. ...

Except California and New York are quickly losing their best to Texas and Miami. They will retain NPCs, who are suitable for Communism.The big question is Big Tech. Can they relocate like Elon did? Or will they get disrupted by California, China, or AI?https://t.co/Lr9r2sTRh2 https://t.co/EPMsoSN6SbStrikerglows (@strikerglows):I would bet on Blue without any hesitation. Canada with California and New York basically kills most of the US's innovation and future prospects to compete on AI. ...

Communist America will have Chinese drones and robot dogs. And the abundance agenda will become the surveillance agenda.But I believe the free Internet can balance them. After all, the Internet is the one thing with economic scale comparable to China.https://t.co/aVgPhB2bB0Matthew Carroll🧠🔋 (@SocalMatthew80):@balajis China would win then because they have China mainland plus all of Canada and California/New York ...

I agree that places like Alberta will be a battleground (and indeed are already battlegrounds; see Bessent's recent comments).This was an alternate map:https://t.co/aFdVOrmOEp https://t.co/HVczaoWBjpdruid (@druideight):@balajis absolutely not, if you’re going to do America like that Canada should unequivocally not be all blueMetro Van and Vic, the Calgary area, Toronto Golden Horseshoe and Montreal area with some selected Atlantic Canada is blue. Almost everything else is yellow. ...