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Jeff Clabault's avatar

That is an excellent point. Sadly, when Trump and Musk mess this one up, it won't be just a neighborhood, a business,or a few hundred workers and contractors who get screwed, it will be 340 million Americans.

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Erin McCoy's avatar

The world will be diminished as a good place for people. Without US leadership, more people will slide under autocracy. And of course, there are the climate issues. Also, democracies tend not to war w/ each other. Authoritarian states depend on external animosity to shore up internal support and are by nature more belligerent. We’re headed a bad way…

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Patrick | Complex Simplicity's avatar

You’re absolutely right—the scale of the damage this time is staggering. When recklessness and self-interest drive those in power, it’s never just a handful of people left picking up the pieces—it’s entire communities, industries, and in this case, an entire nation.

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