Wen

Sayonara USA?

As (from the outside at least) the US seems to be deteriorating into #fascist state, it seems as though it will be one that has relinquished its admirable scientific heritage, not to mention one that is incapable of monitoring its own #environment or providing advanced warning of tumultuous times to come. The tech bros never learnt that their wealth came from #public funding of #science and is maintained by public #education.

http://archive.today/2025.04.12-014506/https://www.thetimes.com/us/american-politics/article/proposed-nasa-budget-cuts-would-plunge-agency-into-a-dark-age-lhgmbz

#USA #DeclineAndFall #Trump

Apr 13 at 7:25amWeb
Show threadJamesAshburnerApr 13
@Wen The USA’s slide into an unstable, untrustworthy, immiserated banana republic autocracy will not all be as precipitous as the last two months, but the momentum makes any recovery a fragile and contingent hope rather than anything readily accomplished.