I don't believe it's possible to "return" to anything. This new conservatism is going to be unique, but of course with similarities with any conservative culture. It's considered traditional for a reason. Also Balaji claims to be a libertarian, but strangely supports Hindu nationalism while not mentioning one word of jewish influence in American institutions. This is because all his friends in SV are ardent zionists. He's obviously very smart no doubt, but I also think he picks and chooses what he talks about. Well look I actually think we can place BTC adoption within this decade. There are many reasons for it, maybe we should discuss over voice.

So I started listening to this episode, but just based on the clip, there’s definitely truth to what he’s saying no doubt, but there are a few issues: 1). I don’t agree with some of his assumptions about why this all happened, he thinks America just made “mistakes”, I think they were sabotaged from within 2). There hasn’t been a true red America or free markets in the US in the past 45 years. 3). His assumptions about the near future don’t consider the transition from dollar to btc. Everyone makes it sound like “yeah it’ll just happen”. There’s a lot that can go wrong for long periods of time. 4). Sure no doubt China is a beast due to industrialization, but if there’s a bitcoin standard then the CCP doesn’t control money, and money is speech. So they will have to adjust to a new world. 5). AI is a major factor of course. My view is that controlling AI as an authoritarian govt will be difficult. There will be truth available which can hurt you in a variety of ways, sometimes unfairly. I still need to go back and fully give it a listen, but this is what I was thinking so far.