01-23-2022, 02:39 PM
Depends on why it goes down. If it stops working for everyone, it would most certainly be a problem for government bureaucracies. That would likely contribute to weakening centralized federal power. It would also weaken state governments, though a great many rural counties were never fully automated in that sense, so it would only make them busier than usual. There are ways around it for some federal agencies, but most will grind to a halt until they switch back to paper. The bigger threat is if something fries electronics in general. Just about everything would come to a halt for a very long time.
Stop and think about how many typewriters the federal government owned up through the 1980s, and how they disposed of them. Last I heard, those were not put into storage, but were liquidated. So, yes, it would really hinder centralized power, but not end it by itself.
Stop and think about how many typewriters the federal government owned up through the 1980s, and how they disposed of them. Last I heard, those were not put into storage, but were liquidated. So, yes, it would really hinder centralized power, but not end it by itself.