Late last week, JD Vance gave a speech at the Munich Security Conference in which, amidst various insults to the Old Country, he kindly reminded EU bureaucrats that “free countries” don’t arrest people for insulting politicians, and (paraphrasing) the rise of libtard authoritarianism was perhaps a greater threat to freedom on the continent than Russia. Reaction consisted of horror and fury, with Chairman Christoph Heusgen saying “we have to fear our common value base is not that common anymore,” and CBS News’ Margaret Brennan arguing these were shocking words from JD Vance, in Germany of all places!, where Hitler once committed the Holocaust due to unchecked free speech (???). Thankfully, 60 Minutes later joined German state police as they stormed a private home and confiscated the laptop of a person who posted a “racist meme,” and the liberal world was saved. Remember, friends: freedom is for Nazis.

The media is scandalized after Trump fired hundreds of “probationary” FAA employees “Despite” — the Daily Beast breathlessly headlines — “Four Deadly Crashes on His Watch.” Which is an odd position, because, from where I’m sitting, four deadly crashes is a pretty good reason to fire the people in charge. In a conversation now touching every part of the government, many well-intentioned journalists seem to have confused agency size with effectiveness. But if it were true that more bodies meant better results, our government would be utopian. The problem isn’t the layoffs themselves, but how they’re targeted: the fired workers aren’t necessarily the ones responsible for the FAA’s dysfunction, they’re just easy to cut (due to their probationary-trial status). The right criticism isn’t “Trump shouldn’t reduce FAA headcounts,” it’s “why aren’t the people directly responsible for these failures being identified and sent packing?” A purge is fine — just aim better.

Yesterday, Xi Jinping brought together heads of major Chinese tech companies to discuss growth, and even “Vanishing Jack” Ma was let out of his cage to breathe free air again. The meeting suggests a change in party policy away from regulatory crackdowns and toward a more innovative private sector that can better compete with the US (translation: “being filthy rich is cool again”). The broad signal here is obvious: China has problems — slow growth, weak consumer spending — and the CCP is nervous about the trade war. Analysts are focused on China’s tech industry and its “strategic shift” away from consumer internet dominance toward deep tech and advanced manufacturing, but my question is: why all the trouble? Genuine technological innovation is hard. Simply call up your thin waifus, get them on LinkedIn (location: San Fran), and get those Gweilos spilling American trade secrets again. Countries should stay in their lane.

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