A prolonged depression might actually be the best thing for this country in terms of breaking the spell Trump has on people and realigning political parties. The biggest threat would be private ownership scooping up even more assets, so we’d have to get radical with solutions there.
Unfortunately exactly that is one of the more likely outcomes. Trump is already toying with the idea of selling off federal lands and privatizing essentially all government services except for the military. The one saving grace is that he can’t touch state run services directly, but his Republican governor sycophants are more than happy to follow his example. It’s essentially the recipe for every dystopian cyberpunk ever with a handful of megacorps taking the place of the government and providing basic services like police and EMS but only to the rich.
A prolonged depression might actually be the best thing for this country in terms of breaking the spell Trump has on people and realigning political parties. The biggest threat would be private ownership scooping up even more assets, so we’d have to get radical with solutions there.
Unfortunately exactly that is one of the more likely outcomes. Trump is already toying with the idea of selling off federal lands and privatizing essentially all government services except for the military. The one saving grace is that he can’t touch state run services directly, but his Republican governor sycophants are more than happy to follow his example. It’s essentially the recipe for every dystopian cyberpunk ever with a handful of megacorps taking the place of the government and providing basic services like police and EMS but only to the rich.