Because they expect a civil war, or some sort of massive uprising. And I’m not naive, I don’t expect this to be some glorious, organized revolution of the shining proletariat. It will be chaotic, disjointed, and without goal (at least at first). Whether it’ll be armed or not, peaceful or not (at least to start with), doesn’t matter. They know DC will be a hot zone.

The same reason he’s building a nuclear proof bunker. The same reason he released, and has normalized, the national guard around DC. Whether he knows this, or his handlers, I don’t really think it matters. They know that something will break eventually. Yes, I know we all call out Americans’ apathy and make doomer jokes about them never rising up. But there IS another great depression coming (not recession, depression), gas will almost certainly go past $6 or $7 a gallon nationwide, food will become completely unaffordable, I suspect over 40% of people will be unemployed. And unlike the first Great Depression, we have mass surveillance, AI, a world MUCH MUCH more dependent on central supply chains, and so much more shit.

They know something is coming. Yes, USians suck and are so fucking apathetic, but that will crack eventually.

It’s infuriating building a home lab in 2026.

Stremio is so good too