Silicon Valley is less co-opted by China than Hollywood, Wall Street, or universities, but Apple represents the key problem—with 2.5 trillion dollar market cap, it is the largest tech company, deeply dominated by China because half its cars are manufactured there (noting iPhones, not cars).
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Peter ThielEvidence Quote
“I think Silicon Valley is not the most co-opted so um if you if you if you look at these come I think Hollywood is worse I think Wall Street is worse I think the universities are worse um but um but yes if you look at the individual the big tech companies probably the the one that's problematic is um is Apple where you know you have the iPhones are manufactured in China and so if you think of you know an apple is the biggest of the tech companies um and it is uh it's about a two and a half trillion dollar market cap and somehow um it is this um it is uh you know it's very dominated by China”
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