politics @lemmy.world Fair Fairy @thelemmy.club 12h ago

SIGN THE PETITION: Tell Congress to kick Elon Musk out of our government.

act.workingfamilies.org SIGN THE PETITION: Tell Congress to kick Elon Musk out of our government

Elon Musk wasn’t elected to run our government, but thanks to Trump, he’s gained control over critical systems like the U.S. Treasury’s payment system and the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare services. With no oversight and no approval, Musk’s corporate power grab is putting working families in dan...

WFP: Elon Musk wasn't elected to run our government. Yet, thanks to Trump, Musk has been handed control over some of our most critical government systems, like Medicare and Social Security.

Now, he’s trying to cut billions of dollars from programs that our communities need in order to pay for more tax cuts for billionaires.

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Sign the petition

What is this, Facebook in 2005?

They don't give a fuck what we have to say.
- Idgaf, sign the damn thing
  
  You shilling for whatever the fuck the “Working Party Family” is? Forcing me to join shit makes this an absolute no go.
- Exactly, my name isn’t gonna enough; Elon: …did dan69 sign it? Petitioner: oh yah!! Elon: I desist. This will never happen even in my dreams..
I agree he's horrible and should go, but sorry... a petition will do nothing.
- im not frigging taking the fact they raiding my social security money, f that
  
  They're not going to raid Social Security -- they even understand that will get the plebes to storm the gates.
  
  They're going to insert themselves into the payment stream. A penny here. A penny there: pretty soon Trump and Musk are personally much richer.
  
  Then get out and protest. Stop doing useless shit like these online petitions
To those saying petitions are useless, you are wrong. They are an organizing tool to get a list of people who share a common goal. This list can then be used by organizers to mobilize people for different actions.
Petitions are useless. Organizing and showing up in person are the only way forward.
- Results-based action. Historical precedent. Spread and organize with labor groups.
  
  https://generalstrikeus.com/
- sure. whatever - just get on WHP list and help fight the system
  
  I think you'll find that it's much easier to fight the system when you aren't on its lists.
I signed because I'm stupid and angry, but I'm not a fan of this at the very bottom...

"By taking action on this page, I affirm my intent to join or continue as a member of the Working Families Party, and to receive periodic updates from WFP."

How about just take the goddamn signature and do good things, don't pull some fine print bullshit tyvm.
- I found most of the comments useless but yeah thats a non starter.
I mean sure sign a petition. It probably wont hurt but I'm not holding my breath on it doing anything

Probably more important that you go buy a gun at this point and learn to garden as well. We're going to need food and bullets

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