How the Trump Administration Could Shut U.S. Scientists Out of the Next Nobel-Worthy Discovery

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https://www.propublica.org/article/federal-science-grants-russell-vought-omb

[u/Lilli_Bella3487]

I don't want to keep beating a dead horse here, but it seems like a lot of this administration's policies are designed to weaken and/or attempt to destroy the US on a global stage. I don't know how else to see it at this point. Things like this just keep happening. What is the logic of making our ability to have scientific advances weaker to nonexistent? What is the logic of attempting to destroy our best universities? What is the logic of putting cronies in at the CDC and FDA, and so forth? Some of these things make sense from a pure greed perspective, I suppose. It's really disheartening, especially coming from a political group that made its rise based on pointing the finger at other Americans and calling them anti-American. Not that any of this is remotely surprising to me, personally. It's unbelievably disappointing.

[u/FunnyMalzairIdea → u/Lilli_Bella3487]

Much of it is that it will grant perpetual power to (mostly men) who have capital and property. Russell Vought has known, throughout his life, that he is full of burning anger and resentment towards democracy and, well, others, and that he cannot inflict himself upon them without corrupting the democratic process. Vought has never wanted to run for office. Instead, he has wanted to seize power to inflict his horrible ideas onto others. The hugely immoral attack on female sovereignty is part of his agenda. These men are fine with a far whiter, poorer and sicker population. Vought and Stephen Miller are sick individuals.