The Next Four Years in the United States
If the next four years in U.S. politics is simply a reprise of Trump’s first presidency with its ignorance of world affairs, petty corruption, profound indifference to the well-being of the common American, rejection of science, its overt racism, and the nation’s humiliation on the world stage, we can all count ourselves lucky.
Most of us fear that Trump, now a lame duck with nothing to lose, will leave office in 2029 having:
• Transformed American democracy into an oligarchy of multibillionaires.
• Shielded himself from the rule of law, quashing all attempts to prosecute him for the crimes he committed in his attempt to overthrow of our government following his loss in the 2020 election, setting a horrific precedent for all future presidents.
• Consolidated power into the executive branch, upsetting the balance of powers that was put in place in the U.S. Constitution at the founding of our republic.
• Eviscerated the Justice Department such that it’s impotent to hold the oligarchy accountable for its crimes. This, of course, is the defining characteristic of the most despicable regimes on Earth, i.e., that their leaders are above the law.
• Completed the job of destroying the U.S. educational system, rendering our country increasingly unable to compete in the global marketplace.
• Withdraw the world’s largest economy from any effort to adapt to or mitigate climate change and other forms of environmental degradation.
Could it possibly be as bad as our well-founded nightmares? Might we get off easy? Who knows?
Astrophysicist Brian Greene makes an excellent point here, but I’m not holding my breath. In the brief (15-year) period of time since the launch of 2GreenEnergy, our public education standards have continued to deteriorate, while our kids’ interest in science remains feeble.
I agree with all this, with the exception of “disorder.” Capitalism is extremely well ordered.
As suggested at left, the confluence of Donald Trump and tens of millions of totally ignorant Americans is having horrific consequences for essentially everyone on this planet, but especially for the aforementioned tens of millions of totally ignorant Americans who will be soon living under even harsher and more degraded conditions than they were before.
Here’s an investment “opportunity” for people who don’t understand that:
If any significant number of religious people looked at this subject the way Mohammad Ali did, we wouldn’t have the vast oceans of hatred and cruelty that dominate the human race.
The United States federal government is reeling under some of the most vicious assaults in the entirety of its nearly-250-year history.
Until the last decade or so, Republicans were fairly reasonable people.
These guys have been raising capital since they were founded 12 years ago. Will investors ever see a dime in return? No.
This, of course, is completely irrelevant, since the power generated by a moving fluid is proportional to the cube of the velocity, and so low wind speeds produce almost zero power.
Trump and his team have vowed to attack journalists who will not fall in line with incoming president’s messaging.
