Nonya BidnissMaddow: authoritarianism is already here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQbDgOaOh4c
@Nonya_Bidniss@infosec.exchange The question I struggle with is “what is the path out?”. History offers many examples of paths; very few are “pretty”.
Nonya Bidniss@icanbob@techhub.social I'm a fan of a national strike. But I view it as logistically almost impossible to achieve.
@Nonya_Bidniss@infosec.exchange One thing we can all be certain of is that there is no going back. Once the rule of law and trust that underpins it is broken, it is irreversible. Only direction is forward to a new place.
Nonya Bidniss@icanbob@techhub.social I agree. I think a lot of things could be fixed internally if everything went right for the next couple of decades but externally, no. Trump has ruined the U.S. The U.S. has turned its back on its allies and become an erratic adversary. Trump's moronic behavior (and give Musk a lot of credit for this as well) has ceded key strategic strengths to China and others. We're not going to fix that. End of empire. As I always understood during my govt career, trust underpins everything. The U.S. used to have it but we won't have it again.