Political Blame-Casting Deemed 'Unconscionable Ideological Planned Obsolescence' By Experts After Trump, Vance Accusations
By Anya Sharma 
The immediate post-incident political response from figures like Donald Trump and J.D. Vance, who swiftly attributed fault to Democrats following a shooting at a Dallas ICE facility, is now being characterized by leading behavioral economists as symptomatic of a burgeoning "political planned obsolescence" phenomenon.
The immediate post-incident political response from figures like Donald Trump and J.D. Vance, who swiftly attributed fault to Democrats following a shooting at a Dallas ICE facility, is now being characterized by leading behavioral economists as symptomatic of a burgeoning "political planned obsolescence" phenomenon.
Why it matters: Ultimately, this ideological throwaway culture leads to a monstrous accumulation of unresolved issues, from immigration reform to public safety, creating a societal "landfill" of unaddressed problems that persist precisely because the prevailing political economy is designed for continuous, ephemeral blame-casting rather than durable, collective construction. The implication is a systemic failure to build lasting policy, as the "upgrade cycle" of grievances perpetually incentivizes discarding solutions before they are fully implemented.
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