Pretty much the title sums it up. There’s a lot to be concerned about, and one thing I find personally disconcerting is how US educational systems might be impacted.
Do we need to make backups of, like, everything educational and scientific? And where are all the places and forms that we can host these materials?
Edit: to everyone saying it shouldn’t be an issue because Trump/US doesn’t control information in the rest of the world, keep in mind that is little comfort to those of us here if access to that information becomes restricted as well. We should be seeking to hedge all bets.
If I’m wearing my it’s-gonna-get-like-real-bad-bad hat (I am), I’m left to think about distributed storage among brave people who know how to hide shit. More like part of an undernet of things we need to build and maintain.
But the risk in an authoritarian environment would be great.
This is a good point. I was also thinking that alternatives to the internet itself might become more important. We need more meshnets.
You know, Trump only governs US, not the whole fucken globe.
Sure, yup. But also, imagine if Germany in 1933 was an active worldwide superpower with 128 military bases in 55 foreign countries, with an annual military budget higher than the national GDPs of 167 of the 188 countries in the world.
True. But most of the platforms used by people around the world to communicate (social media, instant messaging, etc) are owned by US companies. So our shitbag of an upcoming President could have a global impact in this regard.
That being said, I don’t find myself particularly worried about this specific thing. Hopefully I don’t eat my words.