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Gavin Newsom after Xi is impressed with how clean San Francisco is.

Balaji reading Newsom+Xi as a sign of the “mother of all pivots” by US Democrats —> China feels to me as prescient and important as his COVID call in Jan 2020

Balaji reading Newsom+Xi as a sign of the “mother of all pivots” by US Democrats —> China feels to me as prescient and important as his COVID call in Jan 2020

https://x.com/balajis/status/1723496466411655605?s=46&t=jfFbiO6yqIgiuy-BqPaNpg

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Agree it's cool that he sees this completely political conversation as not-fc material.

But I genuinely don't see it as rage bait. I see it as an ingeniously perceptive observation that could have massive implications for crypto.

> not posting this rage bait to fc because you know it’s not gonna work

But isn't there a lot of design space bt:

"Content Moderation w Chinese Characteristics" (Balaji's theory of where Newsom is tracking)

&

"Hot War w China" (a completely MAAD position)

?

I don’t love Newsom but I find it funny how critics of democrats say they are too friendly to China while also precipitating WW3.

@balajis.eth coming in hard with absolutely intense whataboutism.