Uncapped with Jack Altman Uncapped #24 | Balaji Srinivasan
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Sep 18, 2025 
Balaji Srinivasan is an angel investor, entrepreneur, and author renowned for his insights on technology and governance. In this conversation, he analyzes the current political landscape, mapping it into four factions: the internet, Blue America, Red America, and China. Balaji critiques U.S. tariffs and suggests alternatives for better industrial policy. He discusses the rise of wokeness as a cultural force and introduces concepts from his Network School, detailing how communities can form outside traditional U.S. politics to navigate these changes.
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Four-Faction Political Map
- The political map is four-sided: the internet, Blue America, Red America, and China, not just left vs right.
- Each pair produces distinct clashes like tech vs media, wokeness, Trumpism, and a trade war.
Broken Media Fueled Wokeness
- The internet crushed Blue American media revenue and that economic pain preceded radicalization and wokeness.
- Media's revenue collapse forced extreme message discipline which fueled the tech clash.
China's Manufacturing Shock
- China disrupted manufacturing and hollowed out Red America's economic base, contributing to Trumpism.
- Economic pain plus cultural backlash produced both trade war and political realignment.
