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Balaji· 2026-01-24 13:25
Student visas are getting cut off, research budgets are getting slashed, and university endowments themselves are coming under attack.All of this is a consequence of the far left takeover of US academia. The right now sees them clearly as enemies.The result is the rise of Chinese universities. And eventually, perhaps Internet universities.axiom (@axiomtracker):@balajis What about the hotbed of talent from all those universities in California ...
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Balaji· 2026-01-24 13:20
No. When the capital leaves, the startup jobs will too. And most capital is actually already in Asia or on the Internet.Also, no, it’s not easy to fix California. It wasn’t easy to fix Detroit or Rome either.Perhaps the post-dollar/post-tech California can eventually be rebuilt after the collapse. But it’s more likely that the Chinese Communists will move into the power vacuum, and keep the California Democrats in a tightly controlled box.Enid Magari (@enidmagari):@balajis Maybe the capital class believes t ...
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Balaji· 2026-01-24 01:04
That's exactly what happened in the Soviet Union.At first, communists denounced top-hatted capitalists.Once in power, they began killing "wealthy" peasants.Then, they killed anyone who opposed them.https://t.co/Ae6IWblGWw https://t.co/dYzZh7E9DsTom (@tomismeta):@balajis First they came for the Billionaires, and I did not speak out—Because I was not a Billionaire.Then they came for the Millionaires, and I did not speak out—Because I was not a Millionaire.Then they came for me—And there was no one left to spe ...
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Balaji· 2026-01-24 00:40
FROM SILICON VALLEY TO STARTUP CITIESThe techxit is on, and not a moment too soon. Now that Elon, Larry Page, and Peter Thiel are all safely out of the failed state of California, anyone who's still there by choice is just in denial about the reality that San Francisco is the next Detroit.Here are ten thoughts on why technologists should immediately exit California, and why we'll need to build something better.(1) First, you can do tech anywhere in the world. That's because the Internet is global. And there ...
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Balaji· 2026-01-23 22:55
“Of the 21 men I interviewed, 20 would have been impacted by the ballot measure. All 20 of them, including the Democrats, as well as several of the most committed diehard proponents of revitalizing San Francisco, are now developing an exit plan. (Three have already left.)”The ongoing sovereign debt crisis means Western wealth seizures have only begun.They’re starting by robbing Californian billionaires, but will end by expropriating American thousandaires.So, every man must plan for an exit.Move faster.Esca ...