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Blake Masters on the Border Crisis, Education, and Big Tech

2021/7/21
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布莱克·马斯特斯认为，美国目前的领导阶层失败了，导致国家运转失灵，民众生活艰难。他批评拜登政府的边境政策导致了严重的移民危机，并主张修建边境墙、增加边境巡逻人员和资源。他还批评民主党人更关注身份政治，而不是解决实际问题，并认为共和党有机会成为美国中产阶级的政党。在教育方面，他批评批判性种族理论等课程，认为这些课程教导孩子以种族为基础进行身份认同，这是有害的。他还批评大型科技公司滥用权力，需要进行监管，并认为民主党与大型科技公司的合作类似于法西斯主义。在对华政策方面，他主张以力量但不挑衅的方式应对中国，避免卷入与中国无关的战争，并认为美国将制造业转移到中国是一个错误，导致了国家安全威胁。 主持人Chuck Warren和Sam Stone就边境危机、教育和大型科技公司等问题与Blake Masters进行了深入探讨，并就其观点进行提问和评论。他们就美国当前面临的挑战以及Blake Masters提出的解决方案进行了讨论。

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Blake Masters introduces himself as a U.S. Senate candidate from Arizona, discussing his background, career, and reasons for running.

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Arizona candidate for US Senate, Blake Masters, joins Chuck and Sam today on Broken Potholes. Blake grew up in Tucson, Arizona. He attended Stanford University and Stanford Law School.

Blake runs Thiel Capital, a multi-billion dollar firm that invests in new technology companies, and the Thiel Foundation, a nonprofit foundation that promotes science and innovation. The Foundation’s Thiel Fellowship Program has paid 225 young people to drop out of college and instead create new companies, which are together now worth more than $45 billion.In 2014, Blake co-authored the #1 New York Times bestseller Zero to One, which sold more than three million copies.

Blake lives in Tucson—a short drive from where he and his wife Catherine grew up. They homeschool their three sons, Miles, Graham, and Rex, and they enjoy hiking in the desert.

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