alt Hacker NewsTrump will be gone in 3 years. Maybe fewer depending on his health. It's unlikely that this change will have any meaningful effect on US democracy.
On the other hand, little drones are effectively munitions now. That means drone manufacturing capacity is effectively munitions manufacturing capacity. We're giving potential adversaries economies of scale building things that may be used to kill us.
I'm generally a pretty free market guy but the war in Ukraine has changed some things. My main complaint with this law is that it is so US focused; I'd be fine with drones built in Europe or Japan or other allied nations.
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The US has been having significant (and increasing) issues with democracy for a while.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_backsliding_in_the_...
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/04/how-stop-m...
That logic also means they shouldn't be banned under 2nd amendment protections, no?
So, the war in Ukraine, provoked by the US financing the biggest army in Europe, after financing a coup, made you even more into the Neocon propaganda?
Clearly a hopeless case.
>Trump will be gone in 3 years. Maybe fewer depending on his health.
He incited an insurrection last time he had power, in a desperate attempt to stay in power. Congress impeached him for it, but spineless Republicans refused to convict him for it. Then when he got power again, he pardoned everyone who took part in the insurrection. He's talked about having a 3rd term, so if you think he's just going to go away at the end of this term, you are mistaken.
I don’t know if we should be so sure that he will be gone in three years. There is no incentive for him to relinquish control peacefully. We’ll have to give him a plea bargain, or a pardon of sorts, to incentivise him stepping down. Without one his back will be against a wall (or iron bars in this case), and he will gladly escalate to stay in power to avoid incarceration.