Merica vs the World

Trump as Dictator (lol) and the Rise of the Machines

January 05, 2024 Kalian Osborn
Merica vs the World
Trump as Dictator (lol) and the Rise of the Machines
Show Notes

THE END OF OUR DEMOCRACY!

Yeah…no. At least not because of Former President Trump. 

Trump has zero shot at becoming a dictator. ZERO. 

Reason #1: Trump and the Right have no institutional power.

  • the Administrative State runs the country 
  • the Administrative State hates Trump 

How many stunning and brave “whistleblowers” from the Administrative States can Congress find to breathlessly recount Trump’s various, third party and unverified violations of norms? 1 per week? 2? 

Reason #2: Even if he wins, which is unlikely, he will be blocked by his own Party on 90% of issues. 

Trump makes fun Senator McConnell’s wife. A lot. I am sure Mitch can’t wait to work on groundbreaking legislation with a newly reelected Trump. 

Reason #3: Republicans exist to serve in the minority. 

Elected Rs and Ds at really that different. 

The Party structure is pretty simple. 

Democrats exists to make government bigger everywhere and all the time. 

Republicans pretend they don’t want bigger government…at least not quite as big quite as fast…to win elections. 

Artificial Intelligence

Most of what we see today is basically really, really fast Google. 

It’s not all that revolutionary.

In 2005 building a website was hard, cost a lot of money and required several highly trained people. 

Now building a website is easy. I know almost no code and can build a few sites a day.

By the end of 2024 AI programs will build entire websites based on a description of what the builder wants. 

AI and Education

Every kid gets a 1 on 1 tutor who knows basically everything and never gets frustrated.