6th August 2026, 9:16 AM
If I described the things literally going on right now to someone back in the 1980's, they'd assume I was describing a fictional hellscape, but stupid. "Let me get this straight, Donald Trump, THAT guy, saying THOSE things, in public, became president? Nobody's that stupid. You're describing a fantasy here, and honestly if I was yer editor I'd burn the manuscript! It's not believable is what I'm saying. People don't act like this. America doesn't act like this, and nobody, but NOBODY is THAT gullible!" And then the detective would put out his cigar, throw on a full coat, and look up on his Rolodex the number of a good shrink. I mean I could bring back recordings on my phone, that'd probably help, but it'd be like I was describing a whole other SPECIES to people back then.
So, we get Trump, Musk, and RFK Jr. dismantling the system that would have caught this outbreak. (Jr. issomeone no one should ever have supported, because we absolutely NEED TO STOP CARING ABOUT THE FAMILY MEMBERS OF POLITICIANS. Death to dynasties. Someone being related to someone you like doesn't make that other person someone you should also like. Ever. It's not even an indicator, of anything. The reverse is also true. I'm rather sick of "scandals" involving politician's siblings doing or saying something stupid. They're their own people. All that matters is how the politician INTERACTS with that relative. Are they promoting them to positions of power? Are they actively covering for crimes?
There's a number of people in this country who desperately want the reliability of a royal family, but claim to be in favor of democracy. You can't have it both ways.
So, we get Trump, Musk, and RFK Jr. dismantling the system that would have caught this outbreak. (Jr. issomeone no one should ever have supported, because we absolutely NEED TO STOP CARING ABOUT THE FAMILY MEMBERS OF POLITICIANS. Death to dynasties. Someone being related to someone you like doesn't make that other person someone you should also like. Ever. It's not even an indicator, of anything. The reverse is also true. I'm rather sick of "scandals" involving politician's siblings doing or saying something stupid. They're their own people. All that matters is how the politician INTERACTS with that relative. Are they promoting them to positions of power? Are they actively covering for crimes?
There's a number of people in this country who desperately want the reliability of a royal family, but claim to be in favor of democracy. You can't have it both ways.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)