Trump Stink

I have started hearing about "Trump Stink" and is it possible to get off.

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/republicans-trump-impeachment-resign-capitol-insurrection-mob.html 

 I recommend to first cover the stinky area in bleach, and then expose to intense UV radiation.

If not to commit sedition, then why?

 Why did Trump lie about winning an election he lost if not to commit sedition?

Why did Trump lie about massive voter fraud if not to commit sedition?

The Social Dilemma

 The Social Dilemma is a program on Netflix that describes how social media platforms such as Facebook use AI. The AI algorithms track exactly how long each user spends interacting with each post and making adjustments for each individual with a goal to get them to spend more time on social media. The users are the product of social media which is then sold to other companies which pay for user information. I knew most of this already although I had noticed recently that Facebook was getting better at manipulating me into replying to trolling comments.

The AI algorithms are sort of black boxes or DOEs. They just make subtle adjustments and see if it makes you spend more time on the platform. They don't necessarily have any real intelligence they just have goals and some manipulation tools. They are learning systems so the programmers don't really know exactly what the AI are doing.

Some observations since social media was introduced are some unintended consequences.

This has been blamed for polarization of the political parties and growth in extremism on both the far right and the far left. There has also been an increase in teen and preteen suicide.

Now for a conspiracy theory. What if the spread of Covid-19 was inadvertently being increased by AI systems? The more Covid-19 spread, the more people are using social media, and the more online shopping they are doing. From the AI point of view it could be a seen as a good thing since social media is being used more and companies like Amazon are getting more revenue.

The spread of misinformation about the virus, the refusal to wear masks, the claims that it is not harmful, and concerns about the vaccine all result in greater social isolation and greater use of social media in the long run.

They could set the goals to decrease violent crime or decrease teen suicide. Decrease poverty, homelessness, school shootings. Make a more sustainable economy. Or manipulate society however you like. I suppose other countries are currently using it for those purposes. Facebook set a goal to increase interim voting in the 2018 election and succeeded.

But it's sort of like asking a genie for a wish. You have to be very careful how you phrase it so there are not unintended consequences.

Sedition

 Trump lied about widespread election fraud in an attempt to overturn an election he lost. We aren't used to seeing a President of the United States do something like this. To other countries this type of power struggle is all too familiar. This constitutes the crime of sedition. The attempt to overturn the legally elected government of a country. He was not alone in his crime. Those who knowingly spread this lie of voter fraud are also guilty of the same crime. 

The claimed to have evidence of the voter fraud, but in the end it turned out to just be lies.

American Patriots

 Most of the Americans attending the rally on Wednesday (1/6/2021) probably did not expect they would be part of a mob the stormed the capital and beat a police officer to death.

They were upset about their voting rights being violated by a rigged election. That the election was a cheat and a steal. Why did they feel this way? There was no evidence to support a rigged election. The only reason there was any talk about a rigged election was that President Trump, seeing that he was losing the election on election night, started lying about election fraud. If it had just been Trump it may not have gone very far, however President Trump was supported by a number of congressmen, senators, and media outlets such as Fox News that propagated this lie.

These rally attendees felt they were patriots who had been cheated by the election. Why? President Trump had continued to whip his supporters into a frenzy to see how far he could push them. The right wing media and members of congress supported the President's lies by repeating them and casting doubt on America's electoral process.

Wednesday morning President Trump addressed the rally and asked his supporters to march to the capital in a show of strength. Many of his supporters were from far right groups such as QAnon and the Proud Boys. Some of them had brought handcuffs, Molotov cocktails, long guns, and pipe bombs. They believed they would be taking over congress, it would be a revolution.

In the end, one of the mob was shot and killed, several others died of health issues, and a policeman was beaten to death.

This is what happens when the president is allowed to propagate lies that undermine the foundations of our democracy.

Trump's Base

 Over time Trump's base will grow smaller and more extreme. I have been predicting it for awhile now. After yesterday this will become much more obvious.

Trump supporters yesterday: "I totally support storming the capital."

Trump supporters today: "It must have been Antifa."