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EPA says it will eliminate its scientific research arm

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258 points anigbrowl | 1 comments | 18 Jul 25 23:00 UTC | HN request time: 0.207s | source
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jleyank ◴[19 Jul 25 00:00 UTC] No.44611189[source]▶
It's really depressing how the US system seems to have existed "on belief". Once somebody set out to damage or destroy it, away it went. Pretty much without a whimper.

As I recall, the system was set up with 3 branches of government in tension. Obviously, that was naive.

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ergonaught ◴[19 Jul 25 00:15 UTC] No.44611292[source]▶
All societies are consensus realities wholly dependent upon participation.

The system was fine but no one has yet constructed a system that can withstand weaponized mass stupidity. Even the ones created to combat corruption fail to account for this danger.

So.

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echelon ◴[19 Jul 25 05:46 UTC] No.44612892[source]▶
Weaponized social media. That's what wasn't predicted.
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1. amelius ◴[19 Jul 25 08:58 UTC] No.44613781[source]▶
It wasn't predicted because freedom of speech is generally considered a good thing so its darker aspects were never considered.

Same reason adtech has free reign to bring down society.