Disgrace

Idk man I mean theft was almost certainly part of the process as was annihilating win-win programs that were mandated by congressional act and that most Americans would probably support if they actually took a second to understand them. So to that effect, sure they achieved those goals. But I do not for a second buy that an egomaniac like Musk was happy about walking away without anything even close to his professed goal. Occams razor? He thought all government workers are stupid and he would walk in there and ‘show em how it’s done’ he would have loved to have that dashboard show a trillion in cuts and everything to be working better in his opinion plus those other goals, etc. instead he walked off with a black eye and everyone laughing at him behind his back. That gives me no comfort because the damage was so bad and he will never admit he f’ed everything up but it was a major self own by Trump admin. That first 100 days was their chance to actually overthrow the govt and the original plan for Russ Vought to dismantle the beurocracy. Musk handling instead caused so much chaos is probably saved our country.

Ya i mean i’ve been off social media and youtube for years and still get targeted advertising until i started using proactive privacy measures. So i would not bet against you.

I think you’re probably right too. A lot of this shit sounds scary but as we can see, these tech overlords are exceptionally well-funded but equally delusional about what they can accomplish.

One, complex systems don’t handle disruption well and chaos creates voids for bad actors.

Two, given what we’re seeing now, I don’t even think disruption at scale is possible. Far more likely that you’ll just hurt people and get nothing done.

Three, small change over time is far more difficult than radical, drastic change in a short period of time. And the more difficult way is usually the right way.

Fuck these people

Even tho i consider myself a progressive I think we can all admit that drastic swings in either direction cause chaos and disruption in life and thus skepticism on the part of moderates. I would vigorously support a progressive agenda with some counterbalancing by a more moderate dem. Biden was actually the most progressive president we’ve ever had he was just way too old, hounded by corporate interests and made that huge mistake at the end by letting advisors control him.

It’s hard to see how this tech becomes ubiquitous beyond as a Google replacement (which is dangerous enough as it is). ML has plenty of worthy and profitable applications but the whole LLM thing being forced into our daily lives… Not happening. Hard to justify paying more than $10 a month for LLM assistant and w ppl already skeptical of enshitification at a visceral level, I don’t think ppl will tolerate any ads or capitalist Jedi mind tricks

Ya i dont want to go all Alex Jones on this but seems the same number of people would have to be ‘in on it’ for either a spiriting away or a murder. Paperwork can be falsified. Ghislaines can be tricked. I looked into where Epstein is buried and given his faith there would have been strict burial preps that require certain groups to participate but there are no records they did. Strangely enough his gravesite is unknown, although there are probably more practical reasons for that…

Not saying I think there’s any THERE there just that’s where i go first rather than murder

Agreed, I’ve always followed the rule of if i’m gonna say anything, pretend everyone i know is in the same room, would I still say that thing and be proud of it?

Honestly the more of us who are generally sane ppl who contribute to society they fuck with, the better because it just makes them look rediculous.

That said, if I’m about to get punched in the face, I’d prefer to know if its coming so I can prepare.

Honestly, him still being alive and living free somewhere seems much more plausible than secret prison murder

Normally I would urge caution but nah fuck that, there’s no way this shit isn’t popping

it’s tough because we need to get the word out to people to advertise events like No kings and share info on ICE, most ppl don’t have the time between working 3 jobs and raising kids to properly research open source options. Those of us who know better have to reach out to those who don’t using their medium.

I always use VPN at bare minimum so I’m not personally worried but I know a lot of ppl who are more into activism than tech privacy who I wanna keep informed.

Guarantee you 100% this will be an utter failure. This is typical tech oligarch hubris, if he is even successful at getting something started it will end just like the Peoples Church, aka a bunch of dumbasses dead in the jungle.

DOGE is a way smaller scale but perfectly applicable example. Musk thought he could swoop in, probably had been running his mouth to all his friends about how the fed govt is ‘stupid’ and he could fix it all in 90 days or whatever. And what happened? Utter failure. He left with his tail between his legs. It clearly did not humble him but we have not even begun to see the fallout from what they did and as a started he killed what like 1 million people? So ya… These techtards need to stay in the lane.

Never gonna happen, Peter. And you’re going to end up hurting a lot of people (hopefully yourself too) in the process.

Indeed. Just deleted my reddit accounts. Good timing for this to replace it.

We should get a pres and vice who will act as two presidents: one to clean up the mess, the other to implement the progressive policies most Americans actually want. AOC would be best at the latter. Her paired w someone good at cleaning shit up, Mark Kelly for example? They would obliterate any MAGA candidate.

Well esp given the news today, they did u a favor.

RunforSomething is doing a great job and indivisible has been able to get people out, get the word out. Solid starting points right there.

U r right to be concerned and expect more from the DNC but this regime has overplayed its hand the likes of which we’ve never seen before in human history and its already falling apart. I doubt they make it 6 more months and then midterms will be a wipeout.

It will never stop blowing my mind…

1. Trump used fighting child abuse to get himself elected.
2. Trump is a child abuser.
3. #1 is the reason he’s about to get caught for #2.

Welcome to 2026.