
The Network State: How To Start a New Country

75 years is about one long human lifespan. So perhaps those who do not remember73 history really are doomed to repeat it.
Balaji Srinivasan • The Network State: How To Start a New Country
Mobile > Sessile.
Balaji Srinivasan • The Network State: How To Start a New Country
strikes could bring entire countries to a halt.
Balaji Srinivasan • The Network State: How To Start a New Country
they don’t want to listen to authority because they think they know better, and in their case they often actually do. They’re fundamentally insubordinate and disobedient, rule breakers and novelty seekers, ideological rather than tribal, founders rather than followers — and thus sand in the gears of any establishment.
Balaji Srinivasan • The Network State: How To Start a New Country
Because while speech only influences volitional behavior (like voting), volitional behavior in turn influences coercive behavior (like legislating). So, if the US establishment lost control over speech they would have lost control over everything.
Balaji Srinivasan • The Network State: How To Start a New Country
last 30 years, where the communist countries became ethnonationalists and the capitalist countries became ethnomasochists.
Balaji Srinivasan • The Network State: How To Start a New Country
Crucially, in this scenario, many non-whites will switch sides from Democrat Blue to Bitcoin Orange, because whether black, white, Latino, or Asian, everyone’s savings will be crushed by inflation.
Balaji Srinivasan • The Network State: How To Start a New Country
based on a quasi-cyclical theory of Anglo-American history, where conflict erupts roughly every 75 years.
Balaji Srinivasan • The Network State: How To Start a New Country
Bitcoin constrains legacy states. Bitcoin is the next most important prerequisite for the network state.