Pessimistic. In our new world of #MeToo thinking, guilt sans proof will become de rigueur. Accusation will suffice. Such will also become an uncontrollable political weapon. Of course, court dockets would reduce — no bothersome trials needed.
Trade barriers will grow, making things costlier, encouraging monopolistic practices, rewarding inefficiency, and reducing competition. Consumers should have wide choices. They won’t.
We will foolishly attack North Korea. The North almost won the last war, and might well win a new one.
Feds will get tougher on drugs. Drugs are a medical, not crime, issue. That doesn’t matter.
Free speech, free press and privacy will suffer setbacks.
Universities will further (sadly) hinder approved-viewpoint challengers.
Constitutional constraints apply to dealings between us and government. Private entities, e.g., Facebook, have no constitutional requirement to protect our rights. Will they? I fear not.
Query: What if the other guys had been elected? Count me pessimistic there, too.
Joe Moran
Orinda
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