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Balaji Srinivasan

What Balaji Srinivasan thinks about China

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

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  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.

    America

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

    cryptoAmerica

    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

  6. 9 months earlier

  7. Our readingThe internet already functions as a de facto legal system governing nearly all global communications and transactions.

    Their wordsthe Internet is the only thing with global economic scale comparable to China and has also (b) given birth to an entirely new digital legal system that already de facto manages ~99% of global communications and transactions

    ↗Popups are the new startupsbalajis.com 2nd of 3 in this piece