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Since the GOP now holds both Congress and the Presidency, with a possibility of the Supreme Court majority, they may enact some protectionist policies to appease the voters. However, they could in fact make the economic situations worse and some people would start to blame other things.

Could the backlash spill to the technology and related sectors as well? (e.g. a neo-luddite movement might get started)

Note: I did not grow up in the US, so I would like to hear your opinions on this, especially from Americans.



> with a possibility of the Supreme Court majority

... possibility? They already have it. He gets to pick Scalia's replacement and that's 5-4. If Ginsburg or Breyer can't make it 4-8 more years (and Ginsburg is 84), then it'll be a guarantee for the next 30+ years, minimum.




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