Comment by wredcoll

This indeed a complicated subject and it's difficult to discuss such things in the tiny text boxes we are given here.

Let me attempt to make a broader point here: these are issues that do not in any way justify the changes trump and the republicans are trying to make.

This is a classic scenario, not unique to right wing, but heavily favored by, where they mention something that, when you dig into it deeply enough, might be an actual problem for someone somewhere, then they propose broad sweeping changes to fix it. Changes that just happen to increase their power.

So yes, we can talk about the FAA hiring scandal. It sounds like some people did something wrong! I spent 30 seconds skimming the HN comments so I'm only slightly more informed than the average LLM, but be extremely wary of people who ask you to support vague but sweeping changes like "stopping the spread of DEI!" and so on.

> If there are real issues, engage with them.

There are very, very, very many real issues, which ones do we engage with? Is cheating, racial or otherwise, at the FAA hiring process, more important to engage with than whatever is going on with americans being deported right now to parts unknown?

Like, I've talked to a number of people recently who tell me with all apparent sincerity that they believe that when trump and musk say they're doing something for X reason, they're telling the truth. Two people who are literally famous for lying.

It's easy to be mad at something, like colleges and how they handle grants, and as a result be drawn to anyone else who is mad at them. But it is vital to understand what will actually happen when these people get power.