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The Trump administration canceled $900 million in contracts overseen by the Institute of Education Sciences, which partners with scientists and education companies to compile and make public data about schools each year.

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Lol. I hate how much this is like 1984 because I dislike people using it as an example all of the time. But between this and the "America First" shit, wherein tariffs are being levied against everyone, the logical conclusion is that Trump wants to close down the US, go self-reliant, and have citizens be too placated by propaganda to do anything about it.

However, this is a shitty idea and it won't go to plan, so he'll just end up with stupid people who can't even work the factories needed to not have this culminate in a mass economic disaster. Anyone smart enough to care should leave the country ASAP because it won't get better. Other countries should be revamping their refugee programs to benefit from the brain drain.

[–] DarkFuture 3 points 16 hours ago

the logical conclusion is that Trump wants to close down the US, go self-reliant, and have citizens be too placated by propaganda to do anything about it.

Bingo.

Except replace Trump with his enablers. That shitstain excuse for a man is nowhere near intelligent enough for a long term agenda. Nor will he live long enough to enact any long term agenda. More intelligent and nefarious actors are placating his endless narcissism by letting him do things like rename Gulfs while they get him to sign what they've drawn up, which is the outline for making the U.S. an isolationist nation of easily controlled simpletons that act as their servants.

[–] Today 11 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

We're passing 1984 and moving into Idiocracy territory.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 18 hours ago

Cyberpunk X Idiorcracy mashup.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago

every country is either out of reach financially, or also swerving far right, or just doesn't want americans. or all the above

[–] verdantbanana -4 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Because 'anyone smart enough' has a bank account that would allow this and is able to jump the immigration hurdles set up by countries

[–] [email protected] -2 points 22 hours ago

It takes effort