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Musk's sole purpose is to radically dismantle the federal government and reverse all the progress we have made over the last 100 years in civil rights, the environment, workplace safety and health, and the social safety net. The massive layoffs are designed to produce random chaos and destruction.

But Trump wants the CR passed and said they'll disregard it anyway. There is no "winning" for democrats except to wield their power of the purse and demand the GOP actually negotiate with them.

We're dealing with a couple of different ideologies when it comes to the federal government right now, but what we're seeing from Musk (and JD Vance ascribes to it too) is neoreaction. RAGE (Retire All Government Employees) is just one aspect of the larger plan. theconversation.com/an-antidemoc...

theconversation.comAn antidemocratic philosophy called ‘neoreaction’ is creeping into GOP politicsThe explicitly anti-democratic movement seems to have the ear of a major GOP donor – along with at least two GOP front-runners for the US Senate.

The actual reason i've heard from others is they are scared of losing their power or having musk turn on them in a public forum and ruining their life. At this point, he's ruining their lives by draining the value of Tesla...

Well, since he's the so called GENIOS of everything, he will need to prove how the same job will be done and much less people and WITHOUT HIS CRAZY SCHEDULE OF 120 HOURS PER WEEK. So he says, correct?

I want the federal workers to keep their jobs, although agreeing to the CR will affect many, many more people. Plus there's no guarantee that the workers will get to keep their jobs anyway. People keep saying that SS, Medicaid, Medicare and VA benefits are life and death matters. If so, fight on.

The richest man shouldn't be able to buy the presidency for Trump, & then go rampaging through our government, wrecking everything, particularly since he has such close ties to Russia & China. He shouldn't even get a security clearance. Those Nazi salutes should have been the final straw.

The world’s richest man is also one of the world’s most evil beings, as he is perfectly fine with people suffering. Republicans deserve Elon Musk and all the consequences that will come from allowing him to served as the unelected POTUS.

That, and making money for Musk. He sells the AI that rapidly renders humans extraneous. What better way to test the tech then by taking over the federal government and running the AI live? Especially when he has a lawless crew that will back him?

The possible shutdown looms as DOGE slashes its way through the government, eliminating the positions of an estimated tens of thousands of workers. “I suspect the greatest impact of a long-term shutdown is that it will encourage federal employees to leave public service sooner rather than later."

wired.comElon Musk Has Wanted the Government ShutdownSources tell WIRED that Elon Musk has wanted a government shutdown in part because it would potentially make it easier to eliminate the jobs of hundreds of thousands of federal workers.

When is urgency going to be ,I don't know motivation for acting like we need a paralytic to stop the chainsaw, and move into a confrontation over how waste and fraud is researched, investigated, and dealt. #shutitdown #hitreset #originalsettings

Sure. And then the guy with the cratering stock, crashing social media site, and exploding rockets could take control of the government. What could go wrong?

There will be a price to pay — this administration will be held accountable when there is a great uprising soon!! You don’t allow an unelected official (oligarch) to run the country like Trump is allowing Musk to do!! Bernie is right — we must stop all this now!! And we will!! Trump is a monster!

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wired.comElon Musk Has Wanted the Government ShutdownSources tell WIRED that Elon Musk has wanted a government shutdown in part because it would potentially make it easier to eliminate the jobs of hundreds of thousands of federal workers.

That base is strengthening. Even though the Democratic Party are wimps who should be walking into the capital enmass The Town Halls & local grassroots groups appear to be gaining exponentially. The Democrats need a singular voice. An adjatent or press Secretary. Too many voices ruin the message.

A story old as time, a regime overthrow of a free society. And we were well warned back in 2016~

Anne Applebaum@anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu

On the German press baron who "calculated that by hollowing out the political center, political consensus would become impossible and the democratic system would collapse" www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Its how authoritarian govts come to one party rule as history will show

Demblu🩵🕊ThankYouJoe Biden@phranklindb.bsky.social

"..by hollowing out the political center, political consensus would become impossible and the democratic system would collapse" Thiel, Andreeson, Yarvin, Musk, Bannon et al.. & Silicon Valley's long game. Splinter the Middle, as every free society in history that has fallen to a regime shows us.

Federal employees are just other Americans. My husband is a federal employee, and a veteran. He's given this country so much, and now we will lose everything because it will illustrate how bad things are and maybe mobilize an organized resistance?

Destroying the country to buy it out. That's part of what I think he and his wealth-class associates are about. Collapse the economy and devalue the country to make assets and services ripe for oligarch buyout. Remold into a privatized corporate authoritarian ideology with then at the top.

Hey Elon, Where is the WASTE, FRAUD and ABUSE in the human resources that have been cut. What was the criteria for 'WASTE'? Sure, you cut employment...that is not WASTE. It is a government providing a service to the people of the US (who pay for that service)! Cutting national park folks is nuts!

As a UK observer financially neg affected by decisions of 🍊🤬💩🤬🤡 & his autistic uber wealthy mate it appears day to day management of USA has become psychotic. I can’t keep up with news of sheer # stupidity, no solid ground under our feet.

“You know none of this is about saving money, right?” says a third Republican familiar with the behind the scenes push from Musk. “It’s all about destroying a liberal power base.” Tells you all you need to know

plan foiled by hapless republicans... firing half the workforce leaving the remaining half to do more than double the work meanwhile the cyber teens doing the work are sleeping on cots in some building not approved as dwelling... we're all fucked (I didn't even mention measles) f-trump

Good. I feel bad for these dedicated employees getting the shaft. In order for MAGA to truly feel it, they need to feel it. MAGA by and large depend on social services far more than their liberal brethren. I mean, they'll still blame Biden but still