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Why would "they" privatize the weather? How dramatic.
To save taxpayer money or for idiological reasons, like everything else that's ever been privatised in the history of the term anywhere on the planet.
I’m amazed that climate.gov hasn’t been taken down yet.
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That's the beauty of the current chaos-driven model. No explicit marching orders required. Just let it be known that inconvenient facts/actions can be punished at any time. Self-censorship takes care of the rest.
But how do you own the libs if they just start doing what you want? How does that make any sense? No retribution, no payoffs, nothing? Nope, the firings will continue until America is made great again.
The goal is coercive power over a culture. Firings are just one tool in the toolbox.
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Tangentially, loyalty-oaths are another case where the purpose goes beyond the immediate effect.
Fascists presenting an allegiance-or-else choice aren't extending any of their own trust to affirmative pledges. They know it's coerced, and the fact that everybody else knows it too is a feature, not a bug.
Why? Because the real goal is not to create trust for themselves, but to destroy it for everyone else. To survive the purge, victims must scar their own reputations, making it harder for anybody--even other victims--to trust them in the future.
Ex: Even if I'm totally certain Mr. Smith was lying to the fascists when he pledged loyalty to keep his job, there's a "damaged goods" aspect: Would he lie to me if his job was threatened again? What other compromises might he make to other threats from authority?
I’m amazed that climate.gov hasn’t been taken down yet.
Seems like the DOGE cuts were overhyped after all. Honestly, anything connected to Trump is overhyped. He has a protective aura of noise. You're not going to figure out what's going on by just reading headlines.
Interesting article. We are past the usual -20 or lower six weeks where I am so feels like a typical year. If I choose a random northern place like Rankin Inlet NU it is still cold up there with a low of -33 tonight. It is a sign of the times when I think huh, climate.gov… is that a reputable source?
I’m amazed that climate.gov hasn’t been taken down yet.
Seems like the DOGE cuts were overhyped after all. Honestly, anything connected to Trump is overhyped. He has a protective aura of noise. You're not going to figure out what's going on by just reading headlines.
I’m amazed that climate.gov hasn’t been taken down yet.
I’ve been saying for years that we’d know when governments were finally getting scared of climate change because we’d see real, very fast moves to install nuclear and, if possible, enhanced geothermal.
I’m amazed that climate.gov hasn’t been taken down yet.
Seems like the DOGE cuts were overhyped after all. Honestly, anything connected to Trump is overhyped. He has a protective aura of noise. You're not going to figure out what's going on by just reading headlines.
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Yeah it'll be interesting if they privatize weather forecasting in the US. I'll be looking for European forecasts of US weather... It's handy info, but I'm not gonna subscribe to see if I need a coat or umbrella.
There is no way private weather forecasting will be profitable enough to keep the required equipment running, at least at the quality we have had.