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Balaji and Steven Glinert on Network States, Supply Chains, and Allied Coalition Strategy
Of course you remember that, right, Steve?
The a16z Show
Balaji and Steven Glinert on Network States, Supply Chains, and Allied Coalition Strategy
The way I knew it was a LARP is there's not a single tweet from the White House on, you know, like studying PNP, bandgap, semiconductors.
The a16z Show
Balaji and Steven Glinert on Network States, Supply Chains, and Allied Coalition Strategy
There's nothing on electrical engineering.
The a16z Show
Balaji and Steven Glinert on Network States, Supply Chains, and Allied Coalition Strategy
right?
The a16z Show
Balaji and Steven Glinert on Network States, Supply Chains, and Allied Coalition Strategy
Like their bully pulpit had absolutely nothing on the actual concrete brass tacks of study this program at this school.
The a16z Show
Balaji and Steven Glinert on Network States, Supply Chains, and Allied Coalition Strategy
Well, okay, fine.
The a16z Show
Balaji and Steven Glinert on Network States, Supply Chains, and Allied Coalition Strategy
But here's, by the way, this is what happened.
The a16z Show
Balaji and Steven Glinert on Network States, Supply Chains, and Allied Coalition Strategy
Like, basically, the Conservatives were totally about to win, and all MAGA had to do was not say anything.
The a16z Show
Balaji and Steven Glinert on Network States, Supply Chains, and Allied Coalition Strategy
Instead, all the tweeting about invading Canada basically meant that the Canadian Conservative was considered an enemy, and the Canadian Liberal won instead.
The a16z Show
Balaji and Steven Glinert on Network States, Supply Chains, and Allied Coalition Strategy
Okay.
The a16z Show
Balaji and Steven Glinert on Network States, Supply Chains, and Allied Coalition Strategy
Because MAG, you know, basically, I don't know if you remember those, that period, but basically, you know, it's like, yeah, we're going to invade Canada and make it the 51st state.
The a16z Show
Balaji and Steven Glinert on Network States, Supply Chains, and Allied Coalition Strategy
Woo.
The a16z Show
Balaji and Steven Glinert on Network States, Supply Chains, and Allied Coalition Strategy
You know, and they were like joking, not joking.
The a16z Show
Balaji and Steven Glinert on Network States, Supply Chains, and Allied Coalition Strategy
You know, they're also threatening to invade Greenland or whatever.
The a16z Show
Balaji and Steven Glinert on Network States, Supply Chains, and Allied Coalition Strategy
And that stuff has extremely high cost with zero benefit because it turns friends into enemies and it actually gives enemies new friends.
The a16z Show
Balaji and Steven Glinert on Network States, Supply Chains, and Allied Coalition Strategy
right?
The a16z Show
Balaji and Steven Glinert on Network States, Supply Chains, and Allied Coalition Strategy
Because all the Canadian conservatives were like, well, I guess Trump is my enemy now.
The a16z Show
Balaji and Steven Glinert on Network States, Supply Chains, and Allied Coalition Strategy
That sucks.
The a16z Show
Balaji and Steven Glinert on Network States, Supply Chains, and Allied Coalition Strategy
I guess, you know, it's one-way praise, right?
The a16z Show
Balaji and Steven Glinert on Network States, Supply Chains, and Allied Coalition Strategy
So, yeah, I think MAGAs are, MAGAs genuinely think that, you know, it's like, it's actually similar to what happened with BLM, where there was a spike of insane levels of identity and virtue signaling around something, and then just totally collapsed later, right?