The Vandals
The article by Michael Ignatieff describing Trump and Musk as inspired this cartoon.
4/4/20251 min read
"Creative destruction" can be a good thing—like pruning a tree to help it grow. But what’s happening now in the U.S. feels more like mindless vandalism. The government’s slashing funding for vital research (like kids’ health programs and weather prediction) and targeting top universities (Columbia, Johns Hopkins) in what looks like political retaliation. It’s not smart pruning—it’s just wrecking stuff for the sake of it. And history shows us where that leads: ruins, not revival.