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felixgalloyesterday at 3:32 PM1 replyview on HN

Unfortunately this is not just precarious, it's extremely vulnerable to changing political conditions. Many of the food bank services in my state have lost significant funding owing to the use of words like 'women' or 'black' in their grants, which were duly grepped for and shut down.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Cuts-t...

Civilization can't rely effectively on systems that are this fragile.


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StilesCrisisyesterday at 3:44 PM

> Civilization can't rely effectively on systems that are this fragile.

That's American politics in a nutshell. We've spent 250 years assuming scruples and common decency would be sufficient.

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