The point of FUD is that it opens up new options for the FUD-creator. It’s not that he has a specific plan here. But he’s not wrong in hoping more moving parts equals more options for him.
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We still talk of Florida 2000, and FDR’s shenanigans in the 30s. The living system is not even the nerdy, poorly play-tested tabletop game of 1787. It’s that plus a history of sketchy hacks and patches and service packs. We’re at Windows 95 stage of evolution, headed to Vista.pic.twitter.com/lgZmaNCFdy
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The highest likelihood outcome is still just a bumpy and frayed but otherwise non-crisis transition. Which people will jump to see as validation that the system just “works” and all thus agonizing was needless worry. Exactly the wrong conclusion to draw.
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When near misses increase in frequency gradually, fragility is increasing. The adjacent possible is turning into a dangerous abyss. Just because you walked a tightrope successfully doesn’t mean it’s the same as an ordinary path.
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Also don’t forget: near misses aren’t harmless. They just hurt people and things at the margins. If you’re one of the sanguine, secure ones, you won’t be hurt.
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Murder is impossible because it is illegal The United States cannot unravel or slide into autocracy because the constitution forbids it
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Not a third of the population. Less than 20% of the US population, and shrinking.
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and it's a 20% that's always been here, we're used to them and have dealt with them in the past. It was a bad idea to give them control of the gov and we're not likely to repeat that soon. Skip towards end of this thread for math:https://twitter.com/gahlord/status/1194829209396486145 …
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