> externalizing a threat Yes, it's illustrative of the USA. Due to monopolies, lack of local control of infrastructure etc., a feature is rolled out that grin

> externalizing a threat Yes, it's illustrative of the USA. Due to monopolies, lack of local control of infrastructure etc., a feature is rolled out that grinds hospitals, airports etc. to a halt. Surely due to forces we're surely familiar with - a rush to get profit-making features out, a neglect of correctness and stability, cost cutting etc. Then we have the New York Times, considered the sober voice of the establishment. What is discussed? Reflection on how entirely US-internal corporate processes led to this? No. A thought experiment about what if some external actor, perhaps one tired of US imperialism or something, had performed this. I read this after seeing Hulk Hogan rip his shirt off at the RNC in an Idiocracy prophecy manifested, while the other presidential candidate immersed in the dementia of the gerentocracy clings to power amidst his cohorts pleading he step aside. As I watch the US arming the Ukraine to fight Russia, I think back to 1986 and Gore Vidal's plea for an alliance with Russia lest Americans become either farmers or just entertainment for the more efficient Asians. Another prophecy which seems due to come to pass.