Totally fascinated by the growing embrace of Chinese-style authoritarian capitalism by (some) SV elites. Thiel is an innovator in this respect. And while it seems like a break with the old libertarian-ish Californian Ideology, there's a whole lot of continuity there. https://twitter.com/jguynn/status/954068065347497985 …
I might have spoken about this subject in DC the other month at an Elizabeth Warren event... but China is also dominated by a few big consumer Internet cos (Alibaba, Tencent & Baidu) that enjoy close govt relationships, function as de facto acquirers & influence exit size