#100 - Balaji Srinivasan - The Collapse of the West

In this episode of The Peter McCormack Show, I speak with Balaji Srinivasan, founder of the Network School (ns.com). We discuss the decline of the West, the rise of China, AI disruption, Bitcoin’s role in a collapsing dollar system, and why political polarisation is tearing America apart. Balaji explains why dollar inflation is global taxation, why U.S. empire is unsustainable, and how decentralised technology is reshaping money, media, and geopolitics. CONTACT PETE › Website - http://petermccormack.com › Feedback - https://www.petermccormack.com/contact › Email - me@petermccormack.com › Instagram - /mccormack555 › X/Twitter - https://x.com/petermccormack/ CONNECT WITH BALAJI SRINIVASAN › X/Twitter - https://x.com/balajis › Network School - https://ns.com SPONSORS › IREN - https://www.iren.com/ › Ledger - https://www.ledger.com/ › Gemini - https://gemini.com/ › Casa - https://casa.io/ › Incogni - https://incogni.com/peter - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - TIMESTAMPS: 00:00:00 – Introduction   00:01:32 – West vs East: Power Rebalancing         00:06:33 – Asia Rising & West Declining   00:10:30 – Media Denial & Western Escapism   00:14:00 – Millionaire Migration Maps   00:18:20 – Exponential Collapse Trends Begin   00:20:10 – Red vs Blue vs China vs Internet   00:25:00 – Trade Wars & Tariff Illusions   00:33:05 – Blue America vs Internet   00:39:35 – The US Could Split Geographically   00:43:52 – Dollar Inflation = Global Taxation     00:49:30 – Left & Right Destroying Their Empire     01:07:20 – Super Bitcoinization Already Happening   01:26:00 – The Internet is the New West   01:32:00 – Debt Collapse vs Hyperinflation    01:42:00 – Foreign Trust in the US Collapsing   01:45:00 – Brain Drain: Talent Fleeing America   01:48:00 – India Rising, Fast & Quiet    01:54:00 – Bitcoin vs State Power   02:03:00 – America Cannot Handle Being #2   02:06:00 – Debt & Broken Promises   02:12:00 – Internet = West 3.0   02:14:30 – The Internet Will Replace the Empire   - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - LISTEN / SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST › Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/40ruY9K › Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3Wc94Vu › Fountain: https://bit.ly/FountainPM › YouTube: https://bit.ly/YouTube_PM › Rumble: https://bit.ly/RumblePM FILMED BY CURTIS TAYLOR https://www.curttaylor.co.uk/ https://x.com/curttayloruk/ EDITED BY CONOR MCCORMACK - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -