Before the Trump era of horrors is over, we need to think about what we want to replce it with. Assuming that the Dems can accumulate the same scale of power as in the Trump era meaning that they control both Houses of Congress and the Presidency, what are they going to do with that power. Going back to the status quo ante is not acceptable. Trump changed forever the dynamics of government. The next regime needs to move as strongly in the positive direction as trump as moved us in the negative direction.
What I want to see is a nation that is devoted to helping the least among us not only in America but in the world.There’s an apparent conundrum in that AI is going to take all the jobs. That doesn’t mean that AI is going to take all the necessary work. AI will only take the jobs in profitable private enterprises. AI is not going to feed the hungry or shelter the homeless, or provide clean water worldwide or adequate sanitation services or education for our children or green the planet.
We need to halve the Defense Department budget and upscale the peace budget by the same amount. When the amount of money spent on defense is the same as the amount of money spent on creating peace, e will start moving in the right direction of creating a better world. So how about spending $500 billion on defense and $500 billion on creating a more peaceful world. That would equal the trillion dollars we now spend on the Defense Department. With a more peaceful world we wouldn’t need such a humungus military-industrial complex. We need a peace-industrial complex for balance.
Politicians keep talking about “American interests.” Precisely, what are Amrican interests if not a healthy and fulfilled society at home and a peaceful world elsewhere. Trump has divorced American interests from being the world’s policeman. That’s a good thing. But we need to be the world’s builder of good and healthy societies. All that excess and redundant labor created by AI can be put to good use making sure that all people around the world and especially children have a good and decent life prospects. This is what’s really in American interests.
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