This take ain't it.https://twitter.com/balajis/status/1162419917649408001 …
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Replying to @eriktorenberg
Why do authoritarian or democratically backsliding countries feel more emboldened to do these kinds of things? How crass is framing erosion of democratic self-governance as "M&A"? https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/16/opinion/hong-kong-kashmir-trump.html …
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Replying to @kimmaicutler @eriktorenberg
geography has only been frozen for a few decades, and largely because of america’s military superpower. nations shrinking, expanding, reshaping is the rule, not the exception to it. fukuyama was wrong, history will carry on.
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Replying to @micsolana @eriktorenberg
I too am nostalgic for WWI and 19th century imperialism.
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Come on Kim. I consider you a friend and you’re smarter (and nicer!) than this. You know Michael is not advocating for imperialism. Is it possible there are other options besides imperialism and endless invasions for democracy? That’s all.
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I mean. I'm worried you're discounting the reality that de-stabilizing the postwar order of the last 70 years ... is probably violent and devastating in ways we can't anticipate right now.
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the postwar order of the last 70 years wasn't achieved via human spiritual evolution. we've been frozen in place bc america has applied the most powerful military in history to policing the world. that's not sustainable. no one is prescribing change, simply saying it's inevitable
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Replying to @micsolana @kimmaicutler and
So why acquisition? Why not more divestiture for greater experimentation? I would think atomization would confer more benefits and tech could reduce transaction costs, especially if you’re thinking about blockchain
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