I think "don't trust the US (power structures)" is not a bad thing right now, but if that's the security and ethics lesson people take out of what is going on, in my opinion they are learning the wrong lesson and will remain vulnerable. Build systems (whether it's digital or in-person, whether it's computing or governing) that have resilience to being co-opted by those who are greedy, unethical, and loathe democracy, whether that's just being a white collar criminal or it's being a white collar criminal AND a fascist. No matter what citizenship those people have or where their multi-national corporations are headquartered. Can your system survive someone who was voted or appointed in legitimately but then wants to undermine democracy/your mission? Can it survive rich people bribing your boards, your commissions, etc to get their lackeys to do the slow drip-drip work of undermining your system? #Fascism