For those few readers who may be unaware, DeepSeek is an advanced open-source artificial intelligence platform developed in China. Released in late 2024, it has set a new standard in AI, outperforming American counterparts in adaptability and capability. It excels in natural language processing, machine learning, and data analysis, and—critically—it is open source. Unlike the proprietary models that dominate the American tech landscape, DeepSeek allows anyone to adapt, improve, and use it as he sees fit. It’s not just a technological triumph for China; it’s a serious challenge to American domination of information technology and an opportunity for those who want to break free from the stranglehold of Silicon Valley.
As a Chinese person, I take pride in this achievement. It’s a testament to what my people can achieve with focus and ambition. But my concern is less about taking pride in what China has done and more about lamenting how little Britain has contributed to this revolution. Britain, the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution, seems to have no place in this new world of AI-driven progress. The question is why?
The answer is simple: The people who rule Britain have chosen decline. Crushing taxes on income and capital gains, and inheritance taxes, punish those who want to create wealth. Endless regulations stifle ambition, making it easier to conform than to innovate. Worst of all, there are the net zero policies, which have made energy costs the highest in the world, making electricity unaffordable and unreliable. Industries that depend on energy have been priced out of existence, and the dreamers and doers who might have built the next DeepSeek are being ground down by a system designed to reward mediocrity.
Net zero is not a noble goal born of misconception; it’s a disaster by design. It’s a wealth transfer scheme that takes from ordinary working people and hands billions to a small clique of green profiteers. The winners are the wind farm builders, the financiers running opaque carbon trading schemes, and the activists cashing in on government handouts. The losers are everyone else—families struggling to pay energy bills, businesses forced to close, and an entire country left unable to compete.
Compare this to China. DeepSeek wasn’t luck—it was the product of a system that rewards innovation. Electricity in China is cheap and reliable. Regulations focus on enabling progress, not blocking it. Ambition is celebrated, not treated as a threat. The ruling class there, for all its many and terrible faults, understands the value of creating wealth and technological self-reliance. Britain’s ruling class, by contrast, has abandoned the idea of building anything. They’d rather sit in the City of London, counting money made elsewhere, than see industry and innovation flourish in the country at large. They have chosen decline—not for them, but for us.
What makes this worse is the transformative potential of artificial intelligence. AI has the power to revolutionise every aspect of life, from healthcare to education, from transportation to manufacturing. It can automate the drudgery of work, freeing people to focus on what truly matters. It can solve problems we once thought intractable, creating a world of abundance and opportunity. The wealth and progress that AI promises are staggering—but only for those who use it, and most of all for those who contribute to its further development.
DeepSeek should be a call to action for all ordinary working people. This is a chance to break free from decline and reclaim a place at the forefront of human progress. The open-source nature of DeepSeek means the tools for success are there for the taking. But Britain as a whole can’t take them unless it changes course. That means cutting taxes, abolishing regulations, sacking dead-weight bureaucrats, and abandoning the green fantasies that are driving the country into the ground. It means fostering a culture that rewards excellence and celebrates ambition.
Britain doesn’t have to be left behind. The talent and potential are still here. But time is passing. DeepSeek is proof that the future belongs to those who work for it—and only to those who work for it.
