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Balaji Srinivasan

What Balaji Srinivasan thinks about America

@balaji-srinivasan · 25 positions · 0 changes of mind

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.

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

  1. 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 6th of 25 in this piece

    Interesting

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

    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 7th of 25 in this piece

    war

    Interesting

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

    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 8th of 25 in this piece

    censorship

    Interesting

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

    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 12th of 25 in this piece

    cryptoChina

    Interesting

  9. 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.

    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 15th of 25 in this piece

    interest rates

    Interesting