Samuel Huntington's concept of 'Davos man'—a class of elites with no use for national boundaries, national currencies, or immigration rules who seek inexpensive labor and view the nation-state as obsolete—accurately describes the worldview of tech and business elites in Northern California and Silicon Valley, which has created a dangerous disconnect between foreign policy elites and ordinary Americans.

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Peter Robinson

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Davos man... had no use for national boundaries... They had very little use for national currencies... they wanted inexpensive workers... in the 2000s when for the first moment more of their revenues come from abroad than from here.

Source

“They’re Not Like Us”: Michael McFaul on Autocrats vs. Democrats and the Fight for the 21st CenturyHoover Institution
Created: 8/11/2026, 7:32:51 AM

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