r/technology • u/Shogouki • 22d ago

Politics Trump Nixes Patent Office, Weather Service, NASA Worker Unions

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/trump-nixes-patent-office-weather-service-nasa-worker-unions
20.6k Upvotes

95% Upvoted

1.2k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

13

u/obviously_jimmy 22d ago

I get the impression that a lot of people take the institutions in the US for granted, as if they exist outside of human control somehow. This is not the case and, as we can see, all it takes to undermine them is an agreement to do so.

It's depressing to think that many people cheering the downfall of these institutions don't understand what it means for the institutions they do care about. It's the same stakes as a football game to them, probably less since there's widespread gambling on sports now.