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It doesn't. It's a side-effect of the populist right's "human capital" problem. Lots of nefarious theories abound about how this will be used to clamp down on our rights, and that may ultimately happen, but that will merely be a reaction to the consequences of their blundering actions. Today, the conventional wisdom among the Trump administration is these cybersecurity programs are a waste of money and that magically the private sector will swoop in and save us.

We're now all going to experience the high cost of low human capital.

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Those who cause the crisis will show up soon to sell the solution, in the form of private ventures that make them a lot of money.

This mirrors a lot the physical destruction of other countries only to come back for "reconstruction" which filled some pockets with unimaginable amounts of money.