Online Censorship Distracting Us From the Real Threats | Blake Masters | POLITICS | Rubin Report

Dave Rubin of The Rubin Report talks to Blake Masters about how he ended up writing Zero to One with Peter Thiel, why he’s running in the Arizona senate race, why the the true cost of free trade with China can no longer be ignored by Republicans, and why Big Tech can no longer be trusted with its power. First, Blake talks about how he met Peter Thiel at Stanford Law School and became the co-author of Zero to One which took silicon valley by storm. He discusses how we have entered a time of tech stagnation and what needs to be done to get innovation going again. He shares why he wants to be the next Arizona senator and why the Republican party need to have a startup mentality if they want to stop their losing streak. The future of Republican Party is dependent on the GOP abandoning a mentality of controlled decline. Next, Blake discusses why Republican policies of free trade don’t work when they involve China. He discusses why despite the benefits of free trade with China that the China trade policy has resulted in more harm for American workers. He shares how wage stagnation had been a major issue since the 1970’s but had been reversed by the policies of Donald Trump. Blake explains why it shouldn’t be controversial to aspire to have families afford their lifestyle as a single income family and why fighting stagnating wages can help us achieve this. He also discusses how Republicans' failure to update their message has led to the rise of economic populism. Finally, Blake discusses why we need much stronger Big Tech regulation. He is less worried about the social media censorship that we can see, but the algorithmic filtering of information from Google election interference that we can’t see. He shares stories about the how banks closing the accounts of high profile conservatives is the next frontier in conservative discrimination.

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