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Ep 2 | The Next Domino to Fall in the Unfolding Economic Crisis | Guest: Balaji Srinivasan

Zero Hour with James Poulos

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The Underdog Culture of the US

There's been a huge underdog culture. They can beat you on the Red Team for a long time, but it's just undeniable how the founders squared the circle when they were being pushed to the brink. I did this poll and it was amazed at the results of the poll. Can the US print infinite money? And does the US have an invincible military? Okay. Only 45% 44% of my followers say no to both. But actually these two premises are equivalent. You know why? The state is not good at capital allocation. If you're spending $1,000 on an orange juice, it doesn't matter if you were really rich, you will become poor. That's the

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