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[John Clark]

On Fri, Jun 5, 2026 at 4:06 PM <spike at rainier66.com> wrote:

*> We don’t know what the next guy will do. *


*You're assuming that at noon on January 20, 2029 we will have a new
president and maybe that will be true but it is far from a sure
thing. Yes there is a piece of paper in the National Archives Building in
Washington that says there must be, but the current POTUS
vividly demonstrated to all on January 6 2020 that he doesn't give a shit
about the Constitution. *

*I once thought POTUS definitely will have a third term but now I think
there's a  reasonable chance he won't be able to, even though he certainly
wants one, because thanks to AI the next 2 years are going to be very
turbulent and our current president is far too stupid to be able to deal
with it, so his popularity is likely to suffer a massive hit, even with
this hard-core MAGA supporters. *

*> He might be anti-AI. *


*If there is a new POTUS he might spout anti-AI rhetoric as an aid in
getting elected, in fact he probably will because by 2029 AI will probably
be pretty unpopular with the general public, but I don't think he will do
anything to actually slow down AI advancement in the US because by then
there wouldn't be much he could do, and because his power, at least in the
short term, depends on being ahead in the AI race.  *

*And for a politician power is more important than every other
consideration put together. If you don't believe me just look at any of the
televised cabinet meetings of the current POTUS and how all the members
take turns to publicly prostitute themselves with smarmy sycophancy. They
do this because they know that kissing the man's ass is the only way they
can stay in power, and they know that the one thing He Who Must Not Be
Named demands of all his subordinates is that they be Yes Men who smother
him with flattery.*

* I am reminded of what the character O'Brien says about power in the book
1984:  *

*"Power is not a means; it is an end. The object of persecution is
persecution. The object of torture is torture. The object of power is
power.  If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a
human face, forever."*

*John K Clark*
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