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Balaji Srinivasan

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2887 total appearances

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The a16z Show
Balaji and Steven Glinert on Network States, Supply Chains, and Allied Coalition Strategy

Well, is it rules of the world?

The a16z Show
Balaji and Steven Glinert on Network States, Supply Chains, and Allied Coalition Strategy

Because I think it's a little more complicated than that.

The a16z Show
Balaji and Steven Glinert on Network States, Supply Chains, and Allied Coalition Strategy

And here's how I think about it, okay?

The a16z Show
Balaji and Steven Glinert on Network States, Supply Chains, and Allied Coalition Strategy

So this is a really, really, really important event because, you know, in 2016, Trump came down the escalator.

The a16z Show
Balaji and Steven Glinert on Network States, Supply Chains, and Allied Coalition Strategy

And really what he was saying, though this was not played up – it was somewhat played up in, like, mainstream media, but –

The a16z Show
Balaji and Steven Glinert on Network States, Supply Chains, and Allied Coalition Strategy

but actually it was one of his core things.

The a16z Show
Balaji and Steven Glinert on Network States, Supply Chains, and Allied Coalition Strategy

What Trump was saying was America's losing and China's winning.

The a16z Show
Balaji and Steven Glinert on Network States, Supply Chains, and Allied Coalition Strategy

That's why he said China, China, China in 2015, 2016, before that was a thing, right?

The a16z Show
Balaji and Steven Glinert on Network States, Supply Chains, and Allied Coalition Strategy

And what Carney did in his own way is iconoclastic.

The a16z Show
Balaji and Steven Glinert on Network States, Supply Chains, and Allied Coalition Strategy

He said America's lost and China's won.

The a16z Show
Balaji and Steven Glinert on Network States, Supply Chains, and Allied Coalition Strategy

And that's why Carney got the first and best terms by surrendering to China first.

The a16z Show
Balaji and Steven Glinert on Network States, Supply Chains, and Allied Coalition Strategy

And what is he getting for that?

The a16z Show
Balaji and Steven Glinert on Network States, Supply Chains, and Allied Coalition Strategy

Carney and Chinese Canada are getting electric cars.

The a16z Show
Balaji and Steven Glinert on Network States, Supply Chains, and Allied Coalition Strategy

They're getting their electrical grid built out by China.

The a16z Show
Balaji and Steven Glinert on Network States, Supply Chains, and Allied Coalition Strategy

That's something that was underappreciated in the announcement.

The a16z Show
Balaji and Steven Glinert on Network States, Supply Chains, and Allied Coalition Strategy

They're probably getting maybe drones.

The a16z Show
Balaji and Steven Glinert on Network States, Supply Chains, and Allied Coalition Strategy

Why?

The a16z Show
Balaji and Steven Glinert on Network States, Supply Chains, and Allied Coalition Strategy

Because Carney said something like, if Trump invades Greenland, then, you know, we'll fight or something along those lines.

The a16z Show
Balaji and Steven Glinert on Network States, Supply Chains, and Allied Coalition Strategy

And I was like, that's interesting.

The a16z Show
Balaji and Steven Glinert on Network States, Supply Chains, and Allied Coalition Strategy

And I wouldn't be surprised for getting drones or something.