A Year On: The DOGE Disaster

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iJohnDoe•about 1 hour ago

It wasn't a disaster. Musk got all the information he wanted. Mission accomplished.

What would have been amazing is if Musk and the DOGE kids he hired were denied access, blocked from entering any government building, and accomplished nothing. It would have been a rare moment in recent years where humanity had something to be proud of.

yapyap•about 1 hour ago

> It wasn't a disaster

it was for the country

iJohnDoe•about 1 hour ago

Of course it was a disaster for the country. But the purpose wasn't to help the country. It was to steal data and assert power over the civil servants. If you look at it that way then it was a complete success.

The disaster was that our checks and balances failed, the right people didn't stand up to stop it, and our elected officials didn't do their jobs. Hitler's standard playbook adopted by this administration.

When Hitler became chancellor on January 30, 1933, he relied initially on a coalition, emergency presidential powers, existing conservative officials, and the established bureaucracy. Enabling Act, March 23, 1933: allowed Hitler's cabinet to enact laws without parliamentary approval. Many conservative officials remained in office and the takeover occurred through a combination of legal changes, intimidation, selective purges, loyalty requirements, and control from above.

xboxnolifes•23 minutes ago

When someone, hypothetically, invades your country and you fail to defend, it's still fair to call the event, as a citizen of the country, a disaster. The pedantry is silly and unnecessary. The intended readers aren't so stupid as to need this repeated every single time this topic comes up.

SilentM68•about 1 hour ago

DOGE did its job, it exposed the corrupt and corruption of the RINOs and DINOs in power. The country's better for it.

hlieberman•34 minutes ago

I'd be cautious about looking upwards in the shower; you're stupid enough to drown.

kelseyfrog•about 1 hour ago

Yes, it exposed how Trump, Musk, and the broligarcy operate corruptly within government.

A Year On: The DOGE Disaster

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