dude I think I might be on my way to just straight up believing that one or both of them is literally taking orders from Moscow or Beijing
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NSF plans to lay off a quarter and a half of its staff in the next two months. www.eenews.net/articles/sci...
This reckless move will shatter U.S. scientific leadership and cripple innovation for generations.
This reckless move will shatter U.S. scientific leadership and cripple innovation for generations.
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this reminds me of that
Musk's connection is more recent but just as damning.
It's also not a coincidence that nearly everyone in their orbit is staunchly, consistently pro-Russian.
Will burkas be provided, or will we be expected to buy our own?
I can entertain it for Trump, were it not for him being this hard up for authoritarians for decades; Musk's actions are impossible to square with him being a patsy
The only thing this compares to historically is Mao's Cultural Revolution where communist ideologues forced the educated class out into the countryside for re-education.
Millions died.
GRU Major 2: "...okay now I KNOW you're hogging all of the Soviet ICBM de-icing fluid to yourself."
I'm sure they'll introduce me to it, but this is pretty damn close to maximal.
https://bsky.app/profile/ethanjacobs.bsky.social/post/3lgez565w5s2v
They recognize they are better than Russia and snubbing them. I think with China there are three or four separate groups, China haters, authoritarian who respect game, tycoons hoping for privileges in China, and idiots who are playing their own 1D chess match
Wouldn’t put it past Musk to TELL Trump he rigged it for him though
he keeps saying that in rallies
Getting to where Trump policy and our Adversaries policy is the same picture.
- a worsening demographic crisis
- mass youth unemployment
- a continuing deflationary spiral
- enacted significant limits on who's allowed to emigrate
- turned almost all of China's neighbors against it
Any remotely competent leader would be able to take significant advantage of the US's many missteps, but Xi is a failson dipshit.
At the same time I'm not sure they're even fully aware of what's actually going on.
Disrupt commerce
Disassemble the IC and civilian aid orgs
Break up law enforcement
Neuter congress
Destroy the R&D machine
Eliminate the means of revenue collection
Destroy the food supply
Personally I think they're mostly useful idiots. Others are vultures looking to pick the bones clean. Some just want to see the world burn.
There's probably a dozen reasons why the moves being made are bongclouds, but worshipping disruption has to be up there