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#311 – Magatte Wade: Africa, Capitalism, Communism, and the Future of Humanity

Lex Fridman Podcast

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Is There a Fear of the Foreigner?

When you feel good about yourself, it's very easy to open yourself to others. So when you have a pride of your culture, pride of your own people, it's easier to sort of embrace. I think maybe the early San Francisco people, it was different for them. But later, as prosperity starts to come in, and success comes in, then you attract a different breed. At first, where are the people who made it, who made this place, be what it is? And then it attracts all the bling followers, and the bling attracted people. When those people show up, it's time for all of us to get out. That's one of my worries

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