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

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

they have census and population data for the entire US. this gives them the ability to map out not only density of citizens but variations of wealth, gender, race, age, skill, education, etc.

for the next phase of DOGE they will need this information to create their network states.

the government will collapse by mid-March or earlier. that's why Trump pushed his "tariffs" out 30 days. it's not tariffs, it's a countdown.

they're going to declare a state of emergency over something within the next two weeks. consolidate the national guards and national police force together to round up citizens. arrest and deport the "undesirables", and institute the formation of their network state.

DOGE doesn't mean Department of Government Efficiency.

Death Of Governments Everywhere

Running will only delay the inevitable. those who are actively pursuing the end of democracy need to be removed from society if we want to continue down the path of a Democratic government.

this is no longer an administration that can be protested or discussed. this is a war for the very survival of millions of Americans and the future of our world as we know it. it's about as bad as a nuclear bomb going off.

don't believe me? take 30 minutes to watch this. keep in mind, it's from two months ago.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RpPTRcz1no

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

I spread this video around like a few weeks ago. It wreaks of Lefty q-anon. It's fine if you feel differently but no one wanted to engage on it. I'm not talking about content either. I'm talking how they framed their argument. Would love to really discuss this video in a different setting but like I said I spread it a over and it only made people upset.

I have my doubts but we will see. I don't think you're far off but I think your timeline is a bit drastic. We can already see trump pull back the reigns here or there, why would he if he's getting ready to plunge in feet first?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 27 minutes ago

I think it's a feint. the anger and emotional turmoil of the American public can't boil over yet and he wants to use that as a force for push us towards attacking the government.

they're weakening the established government agencies that protect the public. once all the cards are set he'll push for the public to attack because, "they failed to protect you from me" or "they failed you and now you're suffering because of it".

they already tricked Americans to vote against their own interests, it's not that far to make them attack the only true ally we have in a blind rage.

I don't think it reeks of any left qanon conspiracy. two months ago I would have questioned it, but now I think it makes more sense than "the Nazis are taking over".

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

I am partial to the rest of what you said but Census data were already publicly available and actually what they did was make it less accessible to data scientists and researchers like me working on the normal kind of regional planning stuff.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 25 minutes ago

but it was generalized. now they have the names, addresses of every American. they need that when they start pumping the police state oppression on the people.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

They have your social security numbers as well as other personal legal information. Time to rig some polls or manufacture reasons for you to get arrested and be out of the regime's hair.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (2 children)

I mean, aren't all our SS numbers readily available? Don't you remember when our creditor institutions got hacked?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 23 minutes ago

who hacked them?

did we ever find out who?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Doesn't make what Elon is doing OK in the slightest.

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[–] [email protected] 39 points 19 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 51 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

Oh, so now you're saying mail is DEI, I can't even with you people.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Shhh! Nobody tell them about black ice!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

The road hazard or the fictional firewall that kills hackers that attempt to breach it? 🤔

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[–] [email protected] 121 points 1 day ago (16 children)

I'm still fucking bitter that the meme Elon latched onto was Doge. I fucking loved that meme and hate that it now has ties to fucking fascism.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 12 hours ago

The swastika was a sign of positivity until the 1920s

[–] [email protected] 16 points 14 hours ago

Kabosu does not deserve to have her legacy tainted by Elon Musk. She was a good girl.

[–] [email protected] 45 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (1 children)

Par for the course. Nazis have done the same thing to everything from Pepe the frog to the swastika itself.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 21 hours ago

Do I remember correctly that Pepe dies in the comic because the author didn't want to keep producing material for them to hijack?

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[–] [email protected] 85 points 1 day ago (9 children)

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.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 22 hours ago

They can match employee lists against public donor lists and start targeting people.

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