Chinese technologists will be the swing vote between race and class appeals
“Like, sometimes it's the left that appeals on the basis of in in the case of the Volks, they appeal on the basis of race or genetics.”
And I think in the dispensation that is to come, the swing vote will actually be the Chinese technologists because the Chinese will appeal on the basis of China will appeal on the basis of race, and the intuit will appeal on the basis of class. Right? So that's often a kind of thing. Like, you see what I'm saying? Right? Like, sometimes it's the left that appeals on the basis of in in the case of the Volks, they appeal on the basis of race or genetics. And the mag is actually we're appealing on the basis of class in sense of membership in the American class, you know, which is like a software thing, whereas race is like a hardware thing. You know? Let me pause there. Yeah. Maybe. I mean, I wonder I mean, first, I would, wonder about your idea that,
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Balaji argues that future political dynamics will pit China's race-based appeals against America's class-based appeals, with Chinese technologists becoming the crucial swing demographic. He distinguishes between 'hardware' (race/genetics) and 'software' (class membership) as competing organizing principles for different political movements.
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This presents a provocative framework for understanding future geopolitical competition through the lens of how different powers will compete for technologist loyalty.
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