@cstross it's what happen when you elect a rapist pedophile with demencia as US president i guess ?

@cstross Why so much uncertainty? I'm really not sure.

@cstross

Let's not mince words here.

The reason is Trump.

When the president of arguably the nation with the biggest military in the world is suffering from massive dementia and his enablers are basically establishing a fascist nation, the world IS afraid.

For good reason.

@cstross The status quo cannot hold.

No one in a position of power ever expresses an alternative; they are, instead, absolutely committed to maintaining the status quo by any means, up to and including committed genocide on themselves, never mind (generic) you.

There is no law but power, and power wants everyone to die because god won't love them enough.

And since we all need the big machine of society and exchange to run in order to live, it's easy for everyone to die. People have noticed.

@cstross what's the unit of uncertainty? What does an increase of one on the index mean?

@cstross Because now we are beyond any doubt that the people in power are either batshit crazy or grossly incompetent.

Before, we just suspected it.

@cstross It seems to me like leadership vacuum - which is what happens, when managers are incompetent or disinterested.

@cstross What's the uncertainty on that uncertainty? I would like to take my error bars error bars out to the bar.