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Politics : The Trump Presidency -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: i-node who wrote (320140)	2/8/2025 3:07:19 PM
From: combjelly	1 Recommendation Recommended By CentralParkRanger Respond to of 355830

Dunno about others. I can name a couple, though. 1) Most immediate, having personal information, all neatly collated, on every American made available on the deep and dark web. For employees and companies dealing with or working for the government, even more fine grained and detailed data. This will happen, BTW. 2) The Big Kahuna. Chaos. Potentially on a scale far surpassing COVID. Maybe with more fatalities. Since the above feeds into this, yeah it is baked in, too. But with "policies" that change from moment to moments, random threats issued and retracted, et al it is inevitable even without 1). Either can be devastating. Both feeding each other in a positive feedback loop... In engineering, this is usually a Very Bad Thing if there is nothing to dampen it. So far, the dampers are rolling over for belly rubs.

To: i-node who wrote (320140)	2/8/2025 3:16:54 PM
From: Lane3	3 Recommendations Recommended By CentralParkRanger Maple MAGA Steve Lokness Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 355830

What do you think the American public "fears" from its government today? Or that it SHOULD fear? Immediately, chaos. Instability. Having the rug cavalierly pulled out in critical ways. It used to be that when big changes were made by the government they were phased in if not grandfathered. You could make life plans knowing that the infrastructure was stable. Right now you could be, for example, in the middle of a drug trial and be suddenly cut off. You sold your house an bought another and the job disappears. You're half way through some education program and the industry or the job doesn't exist anymore. Contracts are invalidated on a dime. Previously the worst rug pulling was manufacturing moving to China, which took decades. If you were paying attention you had time to shift into a new line of work. Specialists at mid career could hold out long enough to retire while younger people could choose to get into a different line of work. Now that time line is compressed to as little as days or even hours. The government's word is no longer good. Longer term, longer, later post...