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Even without that factor, making deep cuts to research funding right before Cold War II: Electric Boogaloo seems like a bad move.

dylan604 1y ago
If you were acting on behalf of the other players in the sequel, these would be great moves.
- antonvs 1y ago
  Turns out people like Trump and Gabbard might be smarter than they appear. It's just a pity that they use that against the US.
  - Gud 1y ago
    They aren’t.
    - pavlov 1y ago
      They’re not smart, but both of them have been cultivated by Russia for decades. For a long time Trump has been repeating Russian talking points like he invented them. The best asset is the one who never sees how he’s being played. Only recently Trump has realized that Putin doesn’t actually do what he says, and you can tell he is genuinely surprised by this revelation.
  - kube-system 1y ago
    Trump is simply a narcissist and socialite who has broad ideas about how he thinks the world should work, but like anyone at a high leadership position, surrounds himself with other people he trusts to execute on the details. In this case, all of the downsizing that has been happening is right out of the Heritage Foundation playbook, literally. And those plans are largely a manifestation of Kevin Roberts' political beliefs. He, in his book, has said things such as: > "many of America's institutions...need to be burned" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawn%27s_Early_Light:_Taking_Back_Washington_to_Save_America https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawn%27s_Early_Light:_Taking_B... This executive has been criticized as using a hatchet and not a scalpel in their downsizing options precisely because their fundamental driving belief is that all of it is waste and abuse. They don't want any of it.
- lawlessone 1y ago
  I no longer think he's deliberately acting on their behalf. He's just so stupid that's equivalent to that.
  - dylan604 1y ago
    For those that worked so diligently to put him in place, the result is the same nonetheless.
    - lawlessone 1y ago
      Absolutely. :/
Trasmatta 1y ago
We've been in Cold War II for awhile now

dylan604 1y ago

If you were acting on behalf of the other players in the sequel, these would be great moves.

antonvs 1y ago
Turns out people like Trump and Gabbard might be smarter than they appear. It's just a pity that they use that against the US.
- Gud 1y ago
  They aren’t.
  - pavlov 1y ago
    They’re not smart, but both of them have been cultivated by Russia for decades. For a long time Trump has been repeating Russian talking points like he invented them. The best asset is the one who never sees how he’s being played. Only recently Trump has realized that Putin doesn’t actually do what he says, and you can tell he is genuinely surprised by this revelation.
- kube-system 1y ago
  Trump is simply a narcissist and socialite who has broad ideas about how he thinks the world should work, but like anyone at a high leadership position, surrounds himself with other people he trusts to execute on the details. In this case, all of the downsizing that has been happening is right out of the Heritage Foundation playbook, literally. And those plans are largely a manifestation of Kevin Roberts' political beliefs. He, in his book, has said things such as: > "many of America's institutions...need to be burned" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawn%27s_Early_Light:_Taking_Back_Washington_to_Save_America https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawn%27s_Early_Light:_Taking_B... This executive has been criticized as using a hatchet and not a scalpel in their downsizing options precisely because their fundamental driving belief is that all of it is waste and abuse. They don't want any of it.
lawlessone 1y ago
I no longer think he's deliberately acting on their behalf. He's just so stupid that's equivalent to that.
- dylan604 1y ago
  For those that worked so diligently to put him in place, the result is the same nonetheless.
  - lawlessone 1y ago
    Absolutely. :/

Trasmatta 1y ago

We've been in Cold War II for awhile now