1984 vs 2024 how bad are things?

[uk 75]

Back in 1984 the Reagan administration had faced up to the Soviet threat and produced a report for the public called "Soviet Military Power" which set out the Soviet arsenal and the US forces lined up against it.
In 2024 the Biden administration has produced nothing similar setting out the threat posed by Russia, China, Iran and North Korea and the US response.
Worse still, Reagan's GOP is now in the hands of someone who makes the Manchurian Candidate seem a safe pair of hands.
But if (using a laptop rather than 1980s graphics) we produce a 2024 edition of Opfor military power is it as frightening as SMP used to be?

 

[sferrin]

I'm far, FAR more concerned about our own leaders than I am Russia or China.

 

[sferrin]

Worse still, Reagan's GOP is now in the hands of someone who makes the Manchurian Candidate seem a safe pair of hands.

Spoken like someone who doesn't live here and has no clue. (How many seconds until someone starts crying about ME bringing politics into this?)

 

[sienar]

China seems to be taking some pages from Reagans USSR strategy imho.

 

[Orionblamblam]

Spoken like someone who doesn't live here and has no clue. (How many seconds until someone starts crying about ME bringing politics into this?)

https://www.tiktok.com/video/7259122344600423723

View: https://www.tiktok.com/@king_trout/video/7259122344600423723

 

[publiusr]

It isn't so much that we have a single Big Brother---but a lot of nosey little ones that are piling on:

Microsoft's AI chatbot will 'recall' everything you do on a PC

Microsoft wants laptop users to get so comfortable with its artificial intelligence chatbot that it will remember everything you're doing on your computer and help figure out what you want to do next.

techxplore.com

It used to be that folks always assumed some mystical being watched everything that they may do--long before the era where the red light is always on---and the mic is always hot.

The best defense is a noble life, just in case:

The Lives of Others - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

One hopes they listen to conversations of the wise---for they may learn something.

That's the stoic's approach.

 

[Desertfox]

I am American and I can say the only leader I am concerned about is the Russia-loving one we kicked out in 2020.