All the cool kids in my circle of the Internet are into it, but I’m *not* a state capacity libertarian. Seems too close to “tyranny is fine so long as it’s Effective and Competent.” It’s like people are applying for jobs with tinpot dictators or something.
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I sympathize enough with Tyler Cowen’s perspective that I feel motivated to respond, although I can speak only for myself. On China: I certainly don’t stan for the CCP or any communist party. I’m about as anti-communist as they come.
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But I am a bit of a Sinophile on a cultural level. More importantly, I think we should unemotionally look at what China is doing well (e.g., in science and tech) along with the horrible things.
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