January 29, 2022

Patriotism and Stupidity | The Balaji Series | Episode 3

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COVID was a military defeat for the US.
Trust in authorities has diminished
Transhumanism and Anarcho-Primitivism may eventually be the next political axis.
People’s identities and patriotism obstruct them from seeing the whole picture.

Covid was a military defeat for the US. Billions of dollars went in to Biodefense, yet nothing was done.
The perception of the military is constructed by Hollywood. Strong, virtuous, and winning.
The US attempted to do a Chinese-style lockdown, but the state failed.
The Left believes that the US govt is omnipotent domestically and the Right thinks the US military is omnipotent abroad. Both are way off.
Confidence in the US military is now much lower.
Decades without stress testing is exposing weakness in the military.

“Any society that can’t put together the level of trust, compliance or harmony to get mass adoption of a vaccine with short order is vulnerable to a biowarfare attack.” – Balaji
There’s no mutual trust in authorities. It’s not about consent vs coercion.
Government is a business and it’s failing. People tend to deify the government making them blind to the fact that it’s a failing entity.
People’s identities are sacred to them. What are you a patriot towards or a customer of?

Transhumanists want to leave the planet, download consciousness, live forever, and transcend
Anarcho-Primitivists want to return to a non-civilized way of life. They see humans as killing the planet, too many screens, sedentary lifestyle, etc.
Balaji sees this as the eventual political axis of the world.
Transhumanism is “human reason embodied”. Technology is what makes us human and different from the apes.
Balaji is here to get to infinity. If math advances in the next 100 years, so will civilization.
The resolution between transhumanism and Anarcho-Primitivism may be robotic farming. Agricultural robotics.

The “Great Resignation” is going to catalyze the “Great Automation”
Printing fiat gave leverage to workers to strike and quit. There’s now a labor shortage and a goods shortage.
The Berlin Wall was created to keep taxpayers in. Communism is a form of slavery. 100% taxation.
The abundance of labor means you don’t automate. Southern California has more migrant workers. Upper Midwest has more tech
“Only the most patriotic or stupid would keep their money in a jurisdiction that keeps increasing the tax rate.”