Do we realize & understand & grasp that we are living in a pivotal moment of history?

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16. Musk's coders are not just identifying women and minorities to fire, they're rewriting the code for government systems.

If you want to find financial fraud and inefficiencies, you hire accountants. If you want to seriously rewrite government computer systems, you hire coders, which is exactly what Musk has done.

I too am pessimistic that we will be able to turn this mess around in a few years. The damage will be so extensive that it could take decades to fix. As for another civil war, it is unlikely to happen. The media has mostly shown that it is willing to be complicit to stay out of Trump’s crosshairs. Republicans have screamed and yelled at Town Halls, and their representatives went back to DC and voted for the very things their constituents complained about. Their solution was no mire town halls, and the protests by Republicans are no more. Too many Democratic leaders are essentially going along with Trump’s depredations. A few speak out, but you probably have to search to find that news.

Borrowing from Henry II and editing a bit, who will rid us of this troublesome monster?