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Chamath Palihapitiya: I think AI is the greatest economic leveler we'll ever find in our lifetime. I think it's the thing that can create the greatest amount of equality. I think that it can even the starting line for every single person on earth. But we've done such a poor job in representing it, in bringing it to market, in talking about it. We've let all of our own personal trials and tribulations and insecurities and fights spill out into the open. As a result, Silicon Valley has lost even more credibility with the people at large. And in that vacuum, what other people can paint is a picture of how anything other than what capitalism looks like today is a better version of what they see.

David Sacks: They actually say they want to abolish the Senate. They want to abolish the carceral state. That means basically police forces and prisons. They want to abolish ICE and grant amnesty for all. They do not support any deportations whatsoever. They want to replace the president and Supreme Court with an executive and judiciary that is chosen by and subordinate to Congress... They want to abolish the Electoral College. They want to replace the two-party system with a multi-party democracy... She has declared that she wants to end Western civilization. She wants to eradicate Western civilization. She actually said she used the American flag as a napkin to clean her hands. Attended a rally one day after October 7th celebrating the slaughter of Israeli civilians.

Gavin Baker: I think the reason their ascendant is Zoram Mamdani. I think he is one of the most talented politicians I've ever seen in my lifetime. He can give a great speech. He's good in an interview. He can tap into all of this. He's kind of a chameleon who can shift. But I think he is a singularly talented politician, and he is the reason that the DSA is ascendant. Not their ideas or not dissatisfaction with AI, but it's him. And there is no one else in the Democratic Party.

Chamath Palihapitiya: Each of those three countries now have banned social media when you're 16 and under. And I think it's sort of like making sure the kid doesn't get addicted to the drug too early. And when you look at somebody like Zoran Mamdani, I think Gavin is right. I'll go even further. He, AOC, the lady that just won. Chevalier. Let's just break it down. They're all good looking. They're all charismatic. They have their pulse on the gestalt of the moment. They know how to use social media and they are essentially curating an army. Now, if you cut the legs off by saying young people should actually age into social media, I suspect that the most important channel of information consumption being taken away from them actually starts to give them the opportunity and the rest of us, quite honestly, because we have to deal with kids who are just really stupid, constantly asking for this stuff. The chance to actually show you how a balanced diet actually allows you to be much healthier in your later life.