Not sure I entirely buy the thesis on this one. Not that china is perfect, but I think china doomers that want to argue that they are not interested in a transition to socialism don't really appreciate the shear amount of technological build up required to make that encroachment on western capital a survivable engagement.
He seems at least open to the opposite argument. Matt did ask the audience for any recommendations that take the opposite argument from the China Boom, but I couldn't think of any books off the top of my head. (Asking hexbear?) Maybe the complete works of Xi Jinping. Also worth noting that the China Boom was written before the Xi era.
About a year ago, Matt seemed like he was getting Deng-pilled, so it'll be interesting to see how this new plot arc goes.
