Graham Allison
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first heard Mar 2026
last heard 9 Mar
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Again, what is socialism?
It's complicated.
Certainly, the Chinese, well, yes, they're socialists in some respect.
I would say capitalism is, I mean, they're autocratic and they're party-led.
But then their economy is essentially fiercely capitalist.
I mean, you have one of my friends' gladiatorial conflict that makes the competition in Silicon Valley look tame as the parties fight each other.
And in their case, they decide they're going into an arena, let's say, for example, EVs.
And so they give advantages to companies getting started, even subsidies.
And then they let them fight it out.
And lo and behold, at the end, there'll be, you know, 10 or 5.
But it's fiercely competitive in the meantime.
And a lot of guys will get, you know, trampled along the way.
And then those guys are excess capacity and they'll sell things off, you know, without any concern about the capex.
As long as they can stay ahead of the game, you know, selling items or even selling out their inventory.
So I think watching the evolution of other countries, including Europe, when I think
And their relations with China, as well as with us in this game, is a very relevant point.
And I would say that one of the things that the Trump administration has had trouble with is recognizing that if we're in a fierce rivalry with China, they got four times as many people.
We need to have some allies with heft on our side of the seesaw to keep it from going the wrong direction.
And so, yes, sometimes you need to give your ally a cold bath in order to get them to shape up.
But I think getting Canadians to think of us as an enemy is a pretty wild idea.
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