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Chinese Communist Party

also referred to as: ccp

12 statements across 10 episodes · 2 bullish · 8 bearish · 9 people on the record · first statement Jul 30, 2021 by David Sacks · said 164 times in 61 episodes since 2020 · across every show →

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brought up most by Jason Calacanis (53), David Sacks (40), David Friedberg (27), Chamath Palihapitiya (15), Keith Rabois (6), Gavin Baker (5), Chris Power (4), Ro Khanna (3)

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2024 33 mentions in 10 episodes 3 per episode
2023 13 mentions in 5 episodes 3 per episode
2022 20 mentions in 8 episodes 3 per episode
2021 30 mentions in 9 episodes 3 per episode
2020 13 mentions in 3 episodes 4 per episode

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Everything said about Chinese Communist Party, oldest first

Jul 30, 2021 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Sacks: Chinese billionaires will move capital overseas via Bitcoin and assets
“If you were a Chinese billionaire looking at this landscape, your priority has got to be to get some wealth outside the country beyond the control of the CCP. You're gonna be buying Bitcoin. You're gonna be trying to get your money overseas.”
David Sacks Jul 30, 2021 ▶ 34:11 E42: China's tech crackdown, CRISPR breakthrough, practical climate change solutions & more
Aug 28, 2021 positive
Opinion
Chamath: The Chinese Communist Party is highly competent at execution
“I think the CCP is actually pretty good at what they do. We may not agree with them, but I think they're pretty competent.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Aug 28, 2021 ▶ 56:58 E44: USA's Afghanistan embarrassment, China's new algo laws, future of robots + Italy recap!
Aug 28, 2021 negative
Opinion
Sacks: US must plan to sabotage Taiwanese chip factories if invaded
“Our military needs to have a plan to sabotage those chip factories, because we can't let them fall under the control of the CCP.”
David Sacks Aug 28, 2021 ▶ 45:33 E44: USA's Afghanistan embarrassment, China's new algo laws, future of robots + Italy recap!
Dec 10, 2022 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Friedberg: CCP changed COVID stance due to public dissent and unrest
“There was enough dissent and enough unrest that in order to stay in power, the CCP had to take action and they have to shift their position and shift their tone.”
David Friedberg Dec 10, 2022 ▶ 50:58 E107: The Twitter Files Parts 1-2: shadow banning, story suppression, interference & more
Dec 13, 2024 negative
Assertion Supported
Keith Raboy: Chinese law mandates sharing user data with CCP
“So there's a law, the fundamental problem is in China, there's a law that says if you're a Chinese company, upon request of the CCP, you must provide all user data.”
Keith Rabois Dec 13, 2024 ▶ 56:36 Trump's Cabinet, Google's Quantum Chip, Apple's Flop, TikTok, State of VC
Aug 9, 2025 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Baker: DeepSeek employees have CCP minders and cannot be near Americans
“If you work for deep sea, you are not allowed to be in the same room as an American while you're in China. And you have kind of a CCP minder with you most of the time.”
Gavin Baker Aug 9, 2025 ▶ 36:39 OpenAI's GPT-5 Flop, AI's Unlimited Market, China's Big Advantage, Rise in Socialism, Housing Crisis
Oct 21, 2025
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Sramek: China will shut down Panama Canal in Pacific conflict
“If you're the Chinese Communist Party, the first thing that you'll do in any kind of conflict in the Pacific is you will bomb or otherwise shut down the Panama Canal.”
Jan Sramek Oct 21, 2025 ▶ 7:48 California Forever: The Startup Building America's Next Great City
Apr 6, 2026 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Sankar: Chinese Communist Party funds organizations protesting Palantir in the US
“Certainly we see it against Palantir where there, there's CCP money flowing to organizations that are protesting us for various domestic issues here.”
Shyam Sankar Apr 6, 2026 ▶ 59:56 The State of Modern War: Palantir & Anduril Execs on Drones, AI, and the End of Traditional Warfare
Apr 6, 2026 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Sankar: Chinese Communist Party strategy explicitly requires the United States to fall
“For the CCP, it's not enough for China to prosper. America must fall. That's an explicit part of the strategy.”
Shyam Sankar Apr 6, 2026 ▶ 1:06:50 The State of Modern War: Palantir & Anduril Execs on Drones, AI, and the End of Traditional Warfare
May 22, 2026 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Baker: A CCP-funded campaign may be targeting US AI and data centers
“It is starting to feel or seem like there may be a CCP funded campaign against AI and data centers in America.”
Gavin Baker May 22, 2026 ▶ 12:49 SpaceX’s $2T Case, Nvidia’s Shock Selloff, America Turns on AI, Trump Pulls AI Order, Bond Crisis?
Jun 10, 2026 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Fetterman: Opposition to US AI progress is funded by CCP-aligned groups
“A lot of the people that oppose that, now a lot of that opposition is funded by a lot of these groups that are aligned with CCP.”
John Fetterman Jun 10, 2026 ▶ 19:05 Senators John Fetterman and Dave McCormick: Bipartisanship, Money in DC, Datacenters, Graham Platner
Aug 5, 2026 bearish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Mavrucas: China will flip all commercial shipbuilding to defense if conflict starts
“If a conflict kicks off, that commercial capacity isn't going to go to building cargo containers anymore. It's all going to flip to defense capacity, and it's going to be building for what the Chinese Communist Party needs to win a conflict.”
Dino Mavrucas Aug 5, 2026 ▶ 8:16 China Outbuilds America 230-to-1. Saronic Has a Plan
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