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> but we could still be in for 50 years of suffering. I mean if you are talking about USA itself falling into dystopic metastability in such a situation, maybe
by mrbungie 1y ago
> but we could still be in for 50 years of suffering.
I mean if you are talking about USA itself falling into dystopic metastability in such a situation, maybe, but even so I think it misses some nuance. I don't see every other country following USA into oblivion, and also I don't see the USA bending the knee to techno-kings and in the process giving up real influence for some bet on total influence.
The only mechanism I see for reaching complete stability (or at least metastability) in that situation is idiocracy / idiotic authoritarianism, i.e. Trump/his minions actually grabbing power for decades and/or complete corruption of USA institutions.
- CuriouslyC 1y agoThat's basically my maximum likelihood scenario.
- AnimalMuppet 1y agoThat's on my list, but not my maximum likelihood. My maximum is that the courts restrain Trump enough that we still have at least the shell of a democracy after he's gone. But he blazed the trail, and in 20 or 30 years someone will walk it better, having done a better job of neutralizing or politicizing or perhaps deligitimizing the courts first. Then it's game over.
- WastedCucumber 1y agoYeah I'm with you there. Trump is America's Sulla, Caesar is yet to come.