Marc Andreessen

We don't like the trade-offs.

But, like, I think there's a lot of people who, like, know, like, okay, there is a formula.

But, like, I think there's a lot of people who, like, know, like, okay, there is a formula.

There are a set of things to be done.

There are a set of things to be done.

And it could be on this question of having a tech industry or it could be on some other, you know, pressing issue, fiscal whatever the issue is.

And it could be on this question of having a tech industry or it could be on some other, you know, pressing issue, fiscal whatever the issue is.

And they kind of know what it is.

And they kind of know what it is.

And then they kind of explain, you know, here's why we can't do that.

And then they kind of explain, you know, here's why we can't do that.

And then they kind of go back and then they kind of go out in public and they kind of half pretend that they don't know what the answer is.

And then they kind of go back and then they kind of go out in public and they kind of half pretend that they don't know what the answer is.

And so I don't know whether that's, I don't know whether their view of that is encouraging or, I guess the encouraging thing is I think the intelligence level is probably higher than it looks.

And so I don't know whether that's, I don't know whether their view of that is encouraging or, I guess the encouraging thing is I think the intelligence level is probably higher than it looks.

The discouraging thing is, you know, the courage part of it is probably not quite there.

The discouraging thing is, you know, the courage part of it is probably not quite there.

And then they get unelected and then the cycle starts again.

And then they get unelected and then the cycle starts again.

Well, so there is this, I mean, no one just talked geopolitics the whole time, but there is this really fascinating, as you know, the big difference, the American constitutional system versus the European kind of parliamentary system.