America is a full blown oligarchy at this point.
Musk could very well get trump impeached and kicked out of office…or this becomes normalized 🤷🏼♂️
Also DOGE isn’t a real govt dept btw (only Congress can do that). It’s an advisory commission from Trump named after a shitcoin for Elon to feel more powerful and act in his and his businesses self-interest. nostr:note16qqn4xlpfs6skmp43vrvl3usleeacvzg0ghuf3tvtxjkuvj2l7qqkgskpq
This is tragically disgusting.
Kristellnacht ish.
Honestly, my guess is this becomes normalized. If Trump wasn’t successfully convicted in the Senate for January 6th, this stuff won’t do it.
(I know we use impeached as shorthand for impeached in the House and convicted and removed from office in the Senate but technically impeachment is just what would be the indictment phase in a criminal trial and that’s just what happens in the House.
So Trump has been impeached twice. But never removed from office (and also barred from serving in office again).)
Always be on the lookout for the worst possible interpretation of events. That’s just prudence.
Alternate hypothesis: Government systems and databases are likely a shit show and it is really hard just to get a list of all government employees. This is a feature for big gov types because it hinders workforce analysis and actions like… reductions in force. DOGE guys show up to collect this data and lifetime bureaucrats throw a fit and tell the world exaggerated or inaccurate information to try to delay progress.
Either way - maybe we should not allow government to collect all this information about us. Elon may not get ahold of it, but I’ll bet you 1,000 Sats that if it’s in a .gov database - China already has it.
