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Elon Musk is reportedly taking control of the inner workings of US govt agencies

by cdme on 1/31/25, 11:30 PM with 41 comments

by tayo42 on 1/31/25, 11:43 PM
No one voted for him. Hes not american. What can be done? Amazing these absolutely insane things are happening.
by ajuc on 1/31/25, 11:59 PM
Create a system in which politicians have to suck up to rich people to win elections.
Wonder why you get oligarchy as a result.
If anything it's a miracle it's only becoming explicit now. The whole system was held by spit and glue.
In many countries parties are funded from taxes (proportionally to the results of the last elections). People/corporations paying politicians is illegal. Politicians don't have to compete for billioners' money - they just compete for votes.
It's pretty obvious it's a better system. It wastes less money too (there's a cap to the marketing arms race).
by bediger4000 on 1/31/25, 11:45 PM
How is this legal?
by allkindsof on 2/1/25, 12:51 PM
Can we get this unflagged?
by breadwinner on 1/31/25, 11:48 PM
Elon Musk was not elected, and his appointment was not confirmed by the senate. And yet he is taking control of the government.
Since Musk took over Twitter it is worth nearly 80% less than when he bought it, according to Fidelity [1]. Is this what he is going to do to the US government?
[1] https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/02/business/elon-musk-twitter-x-...
by ChrisArchitect on 2/1/25, 2:56 AM
Related:
Musk aides lock government workers out of computer systems at US agency
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42892278
Elon Musk's Doge Wants Access to the Treasury's Payment Systems
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42894166
by ty6853 on 2/1/25, 1:12 AM
Trump and his brethren are out for blood after the 34 felonies and the assassination attempt. Hope the attempt at 'rule of law' (and sentence of basically nothing) for rarely prosecuted paperwork crimes was worth it because it's looking like the most costly prosecution in US history in terms of after effects.