I can’t believe i used the word doge to describe a government agency. I hate the internet.

  • @[email protected]
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    7619 hours ago

    Don’t get me wrong, it’s terrible that they were granted access to very sensitive information (government contracts, employee data, probably tax returns last I heard) with no oversight. That’s gone, no way back.

    But make no mistake, this is not a heist. It’s a coup. They are seizing control of meta-infrastructures of the government: payroll, contracts, payments, communications, software. This is how you hold a country hostage.

    • @[email protected]OP
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      1819 hours ago

      No doubt, what, are we going to elect a Democrat and elon will just willingly answer to that guy? Yeah fucking right.

      • Chainweasel
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        2819 hours ago

        The only way we’re going to get our country back is if we get a sane Democrat in office that rules the same way Trump does.

        So it’s never happening.

        You can’t play by the rules while your opponent cheats and expect anything but to lose.

        • Semi-Hemi-Lemmygod
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          1519 hours ago

          Man I bet George Washington is stoked that we’ve skipped hereditary monarchies and went straight to emperors

        • y0kai
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          617 hours ago

          Yep. Ive stopped playing by the rules now.

          Laws are far less important to me than they were a few months ago. Just following the example of the “leadership”…

      • @[email protected]
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        919 hours ago

        The way things are going, the next “vote” you’ll get is to ratify the new and improved constitution. I’ve actually seen a couple of coups first hand, that’s usually how it goes.

        • Semi-Hemi-Lemmygod
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          619 hours ago

          People don’t get to vote for a new constitution. That’s for states or Congress.

          At least not with ballots, anyway

          • @[email protected]
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            718 hours ago

            Ah, I’ve only seen it done by referendum because parliament / congress had been dissolved by then. But hey, YMMV