with so many short-sighted, self-interested, greedy domestic* political + financial + media opportunists who profit by manipulating, provoking, stoking anger, fear, disdain that DIVIDES “us”
*foreign enemies seek to foment US civil war too—
2/
If I were Xi or Putin—i would have full-time intel agents exploiting democracy + free speech in the US
finding + exploiting EVERY possible US identity division
-Left x Right
-Rich x Poor
-Woke x Non
-Young x Old
-Future v Past
-Religion x Religion
-Capitalist x Socialist
3/
If i were Xi or Putin—I’d sow seeds of dissent + divide with rabble-rousing, publishing op-eds, endless TV guest provocations, organizing protests, chip away at institutions + authority—stoke distrust + disdain for ‘other’ + rip + fray the social fabric to destabilize the US
4/ It is of course itself a meta-division between
UNITERS vs DIVIDERS
And yet a new generation of leaders
who have tactics + charisma to UNITE
should be seriously sought + celebrated
5/ UNITED vs DIVIDED
3 retired GEN, warn of preparing for 2024 insurrection (actual civil war)
—10% of the attackers on the Capitol had service record;
—commanding officer of Oklahoma National Guard recently refused order from President Biden washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/…
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1/ China x Pakistan
economic corridor is fraught with rising tensions
At stake: competition of internal groups, rebel tribes, security + protection, access to infrastructure, unmet promises + anger over expectations…
in particular GWADAR…
2/ China builds the infrastructure and will get 91% of the revenues from the Gwadar port over the next 40yrs (Chinese Overseas Port Holding Company)—9% will go to Pakistan
Why does this port matter?…
3/ Why does Gwadar port matter?
-near Strait of Hormuz (between Arabian Sea + Gulf of Oman) where 20% of the world’s oil passes (!)
-China’s main goal is to use it to connect China’s Xinjiang (where millions of Muslims are in concentration camps) with the Arabian Sea
1/ A repeating rhyme of history is never ending competition between EXPLORERS vs EXPLOITERS
(Exploiters here doesn’t mean taking advantage of others—it means settlers extracting some form of yield from a previously explored + discovered opportunity—but sometimes results in it)
2/ And a feature of EXPLORERS is there are branches ENTREPRENEURS + EXPERIMENTERS + ECCENTRICS
Notably root words of
‘entre-preneur’(undertake; to grasp/seize)
‘ex-pert’ (out of; to try/risk)
‘eccentric (odd, whimsical)
All find the un- (or not yet-) known…
3/
Some may find it via TIGHT process + reason + logic (mathematicians, chemists, computer scientists)
Others via LOOSE imagination + dreams + drugs
(shamans, lost souls seeking community— and parties)
2/ The fun thing about making lots of money in VC + crypto + any asset or security that makes money by selling it for more than you paid for it is this:
you don’t NEED it to profitable business—
you only NEED others to buy it for more
A 🔑 difference between TSLA + BRK…
3/ And if you don’t need the business underlying your investment to be profitable 💵(because you just need others to believe that others will believe that others will believe 📈)…
You might not NEED to know 💁♂️what actually makes a business profitable….