I worry that too many people assume the US is special and will successfully reject fascist rule. I think there’s a good chance that we’re stuck with this for a couple generations.

Fair.

I’m hopeful that it can’t get exponentially worse forever.

It can behave like an acid by donating a proton when mixed with a stronger base.

I think deep down musk knows he’s fairly mediocre intelligence wise. I think the drugs allow him to temporarily forget that.

Has consensus reality ever been a thing?

His last words were “my health is good”.

Cities are not functionally free market. You could have control of layout, zoning, regulations, infrastructure design and allocation, tax incentives, etc.

Not sure how well this would model a real city where the “freehand” is guided by countless individual decisions.

Also, the water wars.

Some figs have wasps live and die in them.

https://www.fs.usda.gov/wildflowers/pollinators/pollinator-of-the-month/fig_wasp.shtml

To avoid armed targets, they have been calling people into court hearings, then they drop charges which allows people to leave. On the way out of the courthouse feds will abduct them.

It’s pretty brilliant. If people become too scared to show up to court, then they get a real judicial warrant which allows them forcibly go into homes.

Trump clearly demonstrated over decades that he is unable to not break laws, and he was arguably elected because of that. Therefore, the most democratic thing would be to let him be a dictator. 🤷

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