There's a technical term for what Trump is doing to America, it's called enshittification. Where a good product or service is initially offered (and America was a good neighbour once) and then its quality is eroded in order for the producer to make more money. Typically it's used for digital content and websites but I think it applies more generally to the whole Trump vibe.
From his perspective though it make sense. New ideas are anathema to strongmen and fascists. The Great Firewall of China basically restricts content from the rest of the world for the same reasons. Can't have those damn subtitled movies you have to read enter either with radical new ideas since they've spawned commies, hippies and counterculture warriors from the 60's to now. Intelligence is a threat to MAGA. Science (the reason the internet was created was to share and collaborate on large data sets and papers efficiently) and culture (all the production you're talking about here) can challenge the status quo. Reporting can highlight the problems. Does a report from Alberta on the upcoming G7 Conference count as tariffed content? I mean filmed in Canada with a bunch of international leads, right?
He wants the world to stop and stay in some previous incarnation. Only that's impossible. You've argued for it too, or a "return" to the old ways but at least you acknowledge that it will never return fully. The move back to previous states may be impossible due to entropy. Sure, that's not strictly a social principle, but it's nonetheless there. Those new ideas are what keeps us going. It's change and surfing that change that will really propel you far, but even then there needs to be periods of rest between. One of the things we forgot to build into the internet was rest. I mean, I guess we had it when the modems were only 2800 baud. Now,
Oh, and major points for using "Heathers" stills. Love those 80's lapels and the whole dark ethos but I thought you didn't.
There's a technical term for what Trump is doing to America, it's called enshittification. Where a good product or service is initially offered (and America was a good neighbour once) and then its quality is eroded in order for the producer to make more money. Typically it's used for digital content and websites but I think it applies more generally to the whole Trump vibe.
From his perspective though it make sense. New ideas are anathema to strongmen and fascists. The Great Firewall of China basically restricts content from the rest of the world for the same reasons. Can't have those damn subtitled movies you have to read enter either with radical new ideas since they've spawned commies, hippies and counterculture warriors from the 60's to now. Intelligence is a threat to MAGA. Science (the reason the internet was created was to share and collaborate on large data sets and papers efficiently) and culture (all the production you're talking about here) can challenge the status quo. Reporting can highlight the problems. Does a report from Alberta on the upcoming G7 Conference count as tariffed content? I mean filmed in Canada with a bunch of international leads, right?
He wants the world to stop and stay in some previous incarnation. Only that's impossible. You've argued for it too, or a "return" to the old ways but at least you acknowledge that it will never return fully. The move back to previous states may be impossible due to entropy. Sure, that's not strictly a social principle, but it's nonetheless there. Those new ideas are what keeps us going. It's change and surfing that change that will really propel you far, but even then there needs to be periods of rest between. One of the things we forgot to build into the internet was rest. I mean, I guess we had it when the modems were only 2800 baud. Now,
Oh, and major points for using "Heathers" stills. Love those 80's lapels and the whole dark ethos but I thought you didn't.