You get trumpy instead. I dont know whats worse these days.
Both are bad, but Trump isn’t the establishment, the way George W Bush was. GWB was authoritarian in a quiet way, in a way similar to the British colonial ways, in an insidious manner. Trump is gonna do damage, but the world sees him coming and that constant eye will blunt some of the worst effects of Trump. Even Trump acquiescence to billionaires, same as Bush and Obama will hurt his brand and ideology in a way it never did those two earlier presidents.
Bit by bit the world will have the reason to work around Trump and the world order he is set to lead, such that when he is out of office the influence will be reduced much like the world doesn’t respect British prime minister’s statements on global policy the way they use to or had to.
The resistance to Trump; the apps, the real organic alternatives need to be supported. Because people like Musk will try to silence
real MAGA and leftists, the majority of Americans in combo. Trump is like the British empire after WW2, the invincibility of the British in their prime, like the west in 80s and even 90s, unipolar moment is not there anymore and it’s not coming back.
The world needs to move away from platforms like Facebook, and build their own, and that danger is why Facebook will use its power to keep its access to the world:
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Eventually, hopefully, countries like Pakistan will learn to get off their ass and do things for themselves, instead of finding one patron or another to debase itself in front of to live below its potential.
If the Pakistani economy is growing 10+% annually, year on year, it won’t be a political punching a bag anymore.