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This, Harvard, WHO, NIH, and NSF changes create that sucking sound you hear, a brain drain, and people deciding not to go to the US or to leave. Such myopic stupidity in the White House weakening America's power and reputation.


When he started talking about a golden age I knew he was going to drive it straight into the ground.


The New Amish: a society based on the ideals, behaviours, and technologies gleaned from severely rose-tinted memories of the 1950s.

Plus cryptocurrency.


Golden showers.


Golden age for broligarchs


It's on purpose, at least according to some observers (Slobodian, Stiglitz). The clique behind Trump and Project 2025 want small (special) economic zones with as little interference as possible. Basically laying the ground work for exploitation, 19th century style. That requires dismantling the federal state. They don't care about the other consequences, because they don't have to bear them.


They’re fairly explicit about the idea that the last 100-200 years need to be undone. By that they don’t mean the technical progress. They mean human equality. The idea that there might be a connection between those two things is lost on them.


Sounds like feudalism


For a career, the USA is as attractive as it ever was. For tourism and conferences perhaps a bit less so.

I mean.. it's still the USA.. bad government or not


Unless you happen to be female. Or gay. Or trans. Or non-white. Or poor.

But , yes! America is as good as ever for white men!




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