'We would call it a coup': watchdogs and Dems attack Elon Musk Treasury Department takeover
'We would call it a coup': watchdogs and Dems attack Elon Musk Treasury Department takeover
The dramatic power play began Friday, continued through the weekend -- and poses extraordinary and unprecedented threats to US security, lawmakers say
What we have is a wildly dysfunctional federal government, that is coming apart at the seams because it turns out whatever stability we used to have was actually just held together with the scotch tape of good intentions and gentlemanly agreements rather than actual rules. All three branches are entirely captured by oligarchs that have no reverence for democracy, the constitution, or the people of this nation. The media has no incentive to educate the populace and the mob is slobbering with manufactured fear, driving them to shoot themselves in the dick over and over and over again. All of this is sitting on top of the stumbling momentum of unfathomable military capacity that renders the rest of the world impotent to stand in opposition. There’s no consistent rule of law, and the emerging feudal class is building bunkers.
Reminded of one of the few times I liked Keith Olberman: https://youtu.be/PKZKETizybw
And what will you do about it? Nothing but whine as usual?
"We would call it a coup, but we're afraid."
Can any of these people do anything? It's insane. There's a lot of talk, but no one is stopping anything, or (seemingly) trying.
There's only so much that words can do.
So you had a chat about a bad thing. Now what? Keep talking? Yeah, keep talking. That’ll change things.
Sure, but we can't ever stop talking about it either. We need more, too. But we need to keep making people aware. Keep it in the news, keep it in public discourse.
Look, a self-professed Nazi that goes around pushing his views, now is in charge of The United States Treasury which is involved in EVERY expenditure and Penny the US spends.
A Nazi, is now in a ridiculously powerful position to affect every thing the USA does domestically, and internationally, and is supported by the President.
THIS is “America”?
Your country is FUCKING OVER, because ‘Americans’ let this happen.
But, …as long as you all have Tik Tok and FB, right?
Being a trained software engineer, no matter how good doesn't make you an expert in finance, law, economics or anything else related to what they have their hands in.
Yeah I was thinking the same and haven't seen anyone else point this out. How the fuck is it possible for these schmucks to grasp the mechanics of something so large in just a few days with no prior training or experience. It's pure insanity.
Is it a coup if the president is allowing it and encouraging it to happen?
See autocoup.
Although... I wonder if Trump’s followers could be convinced that Musk is controlling him with one of his NeuraLink chips?
What would you connect it to?
Sure. President Musk is 100% behind this coup.
Are you implying that a president cannot be part of a coup?
Yes
“Would”???
I mean everyone is getting exactly what they voted for so what is the big problem?
Holy fuck what happened to his eyebrows.