Palmer Luckey
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1,661 appearances
11 recordings
6 series
first heard Apr 2025
last heard 9 Apr
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This is another reason I think the United States needs at least a billion people.
The idea that we're gonna compete with China geopolitically, that we're gonna remain relevant when we only have a few hundred million people and they're climbing to billions of people.
You have to believe that every American is going to be so much more relevant on a global basis
Is it really true?
Is an American 10 times more influential and impactful than an average Chinese person?
I think that that's true right now today because of our head start and how we position ourselves over the last 100 years.
But I don't think that continues to be the case.
A lot of it, unfortunately, is on the government policy side.
I say unfortunately because free markets can often move faster than governments can adjust.
But one example of something I think would make a difference is to stop incentivizing people to do things that are not good for the country on a larger basis.
So one example of this, and there's people who are going to light me on fire for this, but I don't think the United States should be subsidizing all educational programs
pursuits equally with no regard for whether or not they are of national interest.
The United States should not be saying we will give you equal student loans and allow you to put yourself equally in debt on the taxpayer dime to get a degree in studying ancient French theater versus being a mechanical engineer.
the need is so obviously disparate that the position seems crazy.
And there are other countries that have been doing this.
Japan has been saying, hey, in our government-run schools, we are going to provide for free education in certain areas of national interest.
And if you want to pursue that
ancient French theater degree, by all means do so, but we're not going to rob taxpayers to pay for it.
We're not going to subsidize the decisions of teenagers who don't understand what it means to serve your country and really don't even understand how to serve themselves.
I think that's a really big thing.
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