Well, the harm that it did is possibly being one of the catalysts for the modern alt-right movement which directly lead to fascist america so…

Sure, it wasn’t the only thing, but it sure as hell was a bug part of it (especially during gamergate)

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fox-fred-rogers-evil/

And then… What is that money going to get used for, exactly?

That’s the fucked up part in all of this. A government is much closer to something like a non-profit than it is to a business. Because, like, when you’re a government and have a monetary surplus, what do you do with it? Of course you just wanna spend it!

I know the actual answer is “to give to the billionaires because apparently having enough money for 2000 uber-wealthy lifetimes is not enough” but you know

It really does feel like the beginning of the end

It’s WW2, but with nuclear weapons and climate change on top, as you said

Remember that a loooot of that goes to stuff like funding research, as that’s the domain of universities beyond just education. I don’t think it’s unreasonable at all

I will say, even despite me being the one constantly yelling about the incoming american fascism, I also though it’d take at least a little longer

But here we are, with most institutions and companies just rolling over. Sure, I figured it would happen, but I at least thought it’d take more than a year. Not… 3 months

It’s… I lack words, even. This is straight up nazi Germany, except we have the hindsight of history, and yet it’s still all for naught. Incredibly incredibly scary

That’s because, for some reason, people don’t treat anger like an emotion

Mutual support like that is what’s going to make the world a better place, keep it up, it’s just what the world needs right now