Mar 8, 2023
A uniquely strong tradition of individual liberty — instantiated in everything from free speech to free association — has always been America’s greatest strength. But in conflict with an authoritarian country, liberty also presents a significant surface area for attack. For example, in the case of risk from China, our relatively free market has enabled a hostile, authoritarian foreign power to set about literally purchasing vital American industry and resources.
I’m not yet prepared to sacrifice our freedoms conceptually, and I don’t agree every single act of business with China should be considered suspiciously, let alone prohibited. But I do think there’s value in stepping back, and taking in the degree to which the CCP has set to dominating our country one purchase at a time.
Matthew Foldi guests for Pirate Wires with the birds-eye view.
mehdi hassan claims 'muslims built america' and frames the transatlantic slave trade as uniquely bad, ignoring the fact that arab slaveholders have existed for millennia and still do
the 'overpaid ceo act' jacks up gross receipts tax on the biggest sf businesses. we tried this during the pandemic and it forced them to leave, triggering a doom loop. get ready for part two?
a brief history of organized shoplifting rings, housing deadlocks, and other fun consequences of the state's 'direct democracy' experiment