Is the US going the way the aftermath of which is described in Neuromancer, or is it going to be Snow Crash, complete with visas to every city state, and the "US" part that's left deluded that they are in control?
https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-plot-against-americ...
The Project 2025 people are probably sincere, but wildly impractical. Their impracticality has been indulged by a global adversary which simply intends to destroy the United States on every possible level. There's no reason the tech barons will be given mini states. Why would that happen?
They're not even smart enough to properly pay off and maintain the military so they could try and enforce the oligarchy.
Lots of people insist that the US should be a loose federation of states that are mostly left to themselves, basically like a less bureaucratic Europe, but that's stupid, because if that model worked, the constitution would not exist
Not sure if anything but their own incompetence can stop them now, if not that a military coup might happen when trump cracks down on protests with soldiers, like he wanted last time he was president.
Their greed is being leveraged to have them dismantle their own nation -- no need for military action.
What happens afterward might surprise these rich plutocrats, but I personally won't be surprised by it.
So great the worst people alive are now in complete control of everything.
Huh.
At least the galactic government had the good sense to make the President of the Galaxy a figurehead. (Or, uh, figureheads?)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdVB-R6Duso
Keep in mind people voted for this knowing the plan, but this book documents human behavior in general politics under a new ruler:
"The Dictator's Handbook: Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics" (Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, Alastair Smith)
https://www.amazon.com/Dictators-Handbook-Behavior-Almost-Po...
Removing political guardrails and community due-process is what is happening.
A king and his fool is unsustainable, thus... people with brains and money will simply start to vote with their feet and leave while they are able. Have a great day =3
That worked in 1935. It doesn't work in 2025, in a world with nuclear-tipped ICBMs. We're all stuck on this planet together now; there's no escaping from a US with a mad king at the helm.
Not unless someone is suicidal, the ultimate glass-cannon is practically only an economic-weapon designed to bankrupt anyone foolish enough to compete in such programs.
Besides, there are rumors of far worse things now like geriatric Fox media. lol =3
There are plenty of examples of rulers suddenly becoming suicidal once the walls start closing in on them.
"Don't Be a Sucker" (1947)