things but i think growing up in that era, you have a religion fear that we were going to go to war. common enemy. it s just the way it was. and i m not saying any way that washington and beijing are like that right now. but what i will say is that we re still competing between beijing an washington on ideas and government and and the competition when it comes to business and ships and technology. list is so long but there s a significant distinction today than say in the 1980s our two country dos a lot of business together and if you were to think about the soviet union s economy the united states economy in the 80s that would be like comparing our economy to cuba or north korea definitely cuba we have a little bit of interplay but not much. with north korea we have nothing okay. you could argue that in russian days, in the 80s right
things but i think growing up in that era, you have a religion fear that we were going to go to war. common enemy. it s just the way it was. and i m not saying any way that washington and beijing are like that right now. but what i will say is that we re still competing between beijing an washington on ideas and government and and the competition when it comes to business and ships and technology. list is so long but there s a significant distinction today than say in the 1980s our two country dos a lot of business together and if you were to think about the soviet union s economy the united states economy in the 80s that would be like comparing our economy to cuba or north korea definitely cuba we have a little bit of interplay but not much. with north korea we have nothing okay. you could argue that in russian days, in the 80s right
things but i think growing up in that era, you have a religion fear that we were going to go to war. common enemy. it s just the way it was. and i m not saying any way that washington and beijing are like that right now. but what i will say is that we re still competing between beijing an washington on ideas and government and and the competition when it comes to business and ships and technology. list is so long but there s a significant distinction today than say in the 1980s our two country dos a lot of business together and if you were to think about the soviet union s economy the united states economy in the 80s that would be like comparing our economy to cuba or north korea definitely cuba we have a little bit of interplay but not much. with north korea we have nothing okay. you could argue that in russian days, in the 80s right
silicon valley. it s not a monopoly on products. it s a monopoly on ideas. it s not this classical cartel that punishes the defector. that right now is elon musk.
real antitrust problem in silicon valley. it is not a monopoly on products. it is a monopoly on ideas. it is not this classical product cartel that punishes the consumer by charging them a high price. it s an ideological cartel that punishes the defector. right now it s elon musk and that s what we re seeing on display. bill: he fired a bunch of these off yesterday. apple that s threatened to withhold twitter from its app store but won t tell us why. if that s true, that s a big deal. that s a very big deal that goes back to the antitrust cases in the 1990s of microsoft tying up browsers. apple and google play stores. a monopoly on ideas. i think it goes more deeply to our culture. what are our commitments to the free exchange of ideas? what are our cultural