DESI
The Dark Energy Spectrographic Instrument consortium, contrary to what “Dark Energy” might lead you to suspect, is not a consortium studying Donald Trump’s corruption and public utterances, they are a group of researchers studying Dark Energy (hence the name). Don’t be confused, Dark Energy and Dark Matter are very different things. (I’m not here to explain Dark Matter, that is up to the reader.) Dark Energy is suspected of being the driving force behind the expansion of the universe. There’s just one problem, the DESI consortium is postulating that the amount of Dark Energy driving the expansion of the universe is degrading. This will eventually lead to the contraction (i.e. degradation) of the universe.
There is an amazing correlation here between astrophysics and politics. Donald Trump’s “Dark Energy” will eventually lead to the degradation of America. It may take some time, but the smart money is on the contraction of America occurring before the contraction of the universe.
On a slightly different chord.
The ancient Athenian democracy is considered to have lasted just over 180 years. We have them beat, but that really doesn’t mean a lot. Clearly democracies are not a given. Preserving a democracy is a difficult task. The two most important factors for preservation of a democracy are a strong middle class and strong support for the rule of law. The Republican Party is destroying the former. Donald Trump has been destroying the latter since Jan 6, 2021.
It’s time to get our shit together.