That’s a really good point. If they were actually leaders, they would hold themselves to at least a slightly higher standard than that which is required of the general population.

This is the demographic that put Linda McMahon in charge of the Department of Education. While that might not have a direct bearing on this situation, I feel like it speaks volumes about intent. They’re “laying the smackdown” on education as an obscene, tribalistic, conflict fantasy. I doubt the legislators actually care how this goes. The point is that it’s a story they can show their base, so that their supporters feel like their group is winning. It’s a perspective fundamentally detached from the nature of education in a functioning society, which is fundamentally collaborative.

I think you’re right that they’re breaking stuff. They’re also effectively selling tickets to watch the drama.

Exactly. They’ve failed to prove more than a handful of cases in the entire country, which is less than citizens illegally voting, that number including a few politicians. If we’re going to start nailing people to the wall, perhaps we should start from the top.

It really is getting quite Kafkaesque. Vibe legislation. Vibe litigation. Soon vibe adjudication. If the legal system isn’t already an incomprehensible maze, it will be if it’s run entirely by AI.

Idiocracy

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0387808/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiocracy

I don’t know why, but I love the idea of mundane magic.

“Here, take this talisman.”

“This a brick.”

“It’s a composite talisman, made from the earth, containing countless microscopic crystals working in harmony and bound together with a purpose. Hold it like this. Now repeat the incantation I taught you and deliver the spell.”

“Fuck you, Kevin, you cheating whore!” [Sound of glass shattering]

“Now run! We don’t want to catch any counterspells.”

“Wow, that was really effective. What if we had added a fire element.”

“Now you’re thinking like a witch!”

I smell bacon

Some people claim they can be used in crosswalks to ward off collisions: