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Freedom as a Competitive Advantage
It has been obvious for a while what Bukele is doing in El Salvador.
He is using freedom to attract the capital and talent to create a new 17th century Netherlands from the ashes of civil war and gang violence.
His biggest ally? News headlines like we saw last couple of days:
“Telegram founder Pavel Durov arrested in France for “allowing criminal activity” on his app”
The (traditional) West is actively jailing founders and devs and even putting people in person for sharing memes. El Salvador in the meantime is encouraging free speech and free money and tries to lure talented people to help rebuild the country.
Western leaders have inherited lands that have been so prosperous for so long that they believe they can do anything without consequences. Maybe they even believe they are responsible for its prosperity.
They are not…
And the result of this reckless behaviour is a hollowing out of the pluralism that made the West strong. The ability to have different voices in society that provide a different narrative from that of the powers that be.
Talent will be fleeing western countries for greener pastures, like El Salvador. Macron may be thinking that it is hard to leave France, but he is vastly underestimating the technology that allows people to take everything they have and leave at a whim:
Bitcoin!
There are estimated to be 10 million Bitcoin owners in Europe and it is likely that most talented and influential people own Bitcoin. It is therefore a group that is highly mobile and welcomed with open arms in El Salvador today and many other countries tomorrow.
It has been obvious for a while what Bukele is doing in El Salvador.
He is using freedom to attract the capital and talent to create a new 17th century Netherlands from the ashes of civil war and gang violence.
His biggest ally? News headlines like we saw last couple of days:
“Telegram founder Pavel Durov arrested in France for “allowing criminal activity” on his app”
The (traditional) West is actively jailing founders and devs and even putting people in person for sharing memes. El Salvador in the meantime is encouraging free speech and free money and tries to lure talented people to help rebuild the country.
Western leaders have inherited lands that have been so prosperous for so long that they believe they can do anything without consequences. Maybe they even believe they are responsible for its prosperity.
They are not…
And the result of this reckless behaviour is a hollowing out of the pluralism that made the West strong. The ability to have different voices in society that provide a different narrative from that of the powers that be.
Talent will be fleeing western countries for greener pastures, like El Salvador. Macron may be thinking that it is hard to leave France, but he is vastly underestimating the technology that allows people to take everything they have and leave at a whim:
Bitcoin!
There are estimated to be 10 million Bitcoin owners in Europe and it is likely that most talented and influential people own Bitcoin. It is therefore a group that is highly mobile and welcomed with open arms in El Salvador today and many other countries tomorrow.