korrents
Balaji Srinivasan

What Balaji Srinivasan thinks about America

@balaji-srinivasan · 37 positions · On ppll ↗

Co-founder of Counsyl and of Earn.com; a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz from 2013 to 2018 and chief technology officer of Coinbase from 2018 to 2019. Wrote The Network State, which he publishes free and in full at thenetworkstate.com, and writes at balajis.com.

Balaji Srinivasan did not write this page.

We collected these quotes from things they published elsewhere, and every quote links to where it was said. They have no account here and have not endorsed this site. Quotes are word for word; the short line under each one is our own restatement, not their wording. Their own site. Is this you? Claim it or ask us to remove it. Or tell us what is wrong here.

Filter America · Newest first
Topic
All 37government 8America 7crypto 7China 4war 3capitalism 2censorship 2politics 2AGI 1
14 more topics
democracy 1economists 1immigration 1infrastructure 1interest rates 1journalism 1libertarianism 1LLMs 1open source 1privacy 1robotics 1Russia 1startups 1team size 1
Sort
NewestOldest

Only Balaji Srinivasan on America. See everyone on America

7 dated positions, 2025 to 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what Balaji Srinivasan has said — not written or endorsed by them.

  1. Our readingAmerican Democrats and Republicans are converging toward a one-party political system, in the same form as China's, where elections occur but one party always wins.

    China

    Their wordsboth Democrats and Republicans are converging on the same political form as China: namely, a one-party state where elections may be held, but the party always wins. And where the only true vote is the vote with your feet.

    ↗Why did Stu Woo of the Wall Street Journal Follow Me to Singapore?balajis.com 1st of 3 in this piece

  2. 2 weeks earlier

  3. Our readingThe US establishment is not more ethical than the CCP on civil liberties, it is just less competent at exercising the same kind of power.

    Their wordsthe US establishment is not more ethical than the CCP when it comes to civil liberties. It’s just less competent!

    ↗The Network Statethenetworkstate.com All 25 from this book

  5. Our readingIt is hard to name a country that is better off after a recent US military intervention.

    war

    Their wordseven the most committed American nationalist is hard pressed to name a country that’s better off after a recent US military intervention, something that wasn’t that hard to do from 1945-1991.

    ↗The Network Statethenetworkstate.com All 25 from this book

  7. Our readingBefore the internet, most Americans had no practical freedom of speech unless they owned or worked for a media corporation.

    censorship

    Their wordsthe vast majority of Americans had no practical freedom of speech unless they owned a media corporation or were employed by one.

    ↗The Network Statethenetworkstate.com All 25 from this book

  9. Our readingThe world today is dividing into three poles: the American establishment, the Chinese Communist Party, and the global Bitcoin/crypto network.

    cryptoChina

    Their wordsToday's world is becoming tripolar. It is NYT vs CCP vs BTC. That's the American Establishment vs the Communist Party of China vs the Global Internet.

    ↗The Network Statethenetworkstate.com All 25 from this book

  11. Our readingSatoshi Nakamoto and Vitalik Buterin are substantially more capable than the officials at institutions like the Federal Reserve, a fact the US establishment fails to recognize.

    interest rates

    Their wordsJust like Hollywood once compared Netflix to the Albanian Army, the US establishment doesn’t yet understand how much better Satoshi Nakamoto or Vitalik Buterin is than every apparatchik they have in the Federal Reserve system.

    ↗The Network Statethenetworkstate.com All 25 from this book

  12. 9 months earlier

  13. Our readingThe internet-based code order is succeeding the nation-state rules-based international order.

    Their wordsthe successor to the rules-based order of America is the code-based order of the Internet.

    ↗Popups are the new startupsbalajis.com 1st of 3 in this piece