In this episode of The Peter McCormack Show, I speak with Balaji Srinivasan, tech founder, investor, and author of The Network State. 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 - [email protected] › Instagram - /mccormack555 › X/Twitter - https://x.com/petermccormack/ CONNECT WITH BALAJI SRINIVASAN › X/Twitter - https://x.com/balajis 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 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -