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

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.

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David S. Levine
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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?

WIRED
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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.
AnneRight
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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

Nereus
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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?

Barb
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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.
kootafoot.bsky.social
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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.

Demblu🩵🕊ThankYouJoe Biden
@phranklindb.bsky.social

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...

theatlantic.comThe Oligarchs Who Came to Regret Supporting HitlerThey helped him in pursuit of profit. Many ended up in concentration camps.
Demblu🩵🕊ThankYouJoe Biden
@phranklindb.bsky.social

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.