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I disagree with the article. DOGE is not about changing procurement regulations; it's about gutting environmental, safety, consumer protection regulations, dras
by pasttense01 2y ago
I disagree with the article. DOGE is not about changing procurement regulations; it's about gutting environmental, safety, consumer protection regulations, drastically cutting the safety net and other programs popular with Democrats ranging from mass transit to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
- friend_Fernando 2y agoI don't disagree on the actual policies, but I have an even darker view. People expect a return to the T1 strategy of making the rich richer. However, that was targeted to a low-power-grip environment, where the goal was re-election. The T2 strategy will be to make everyone poorer (except the rich.) The T2 goal is to switch to autarchy. It's accomplished with the stick, not the carrot. The blueprints are Venezuela and Argentina. Trash everything and blame the opposition. Claim that the only solution is to trash everything further. Incarcerate opponents, and pretty soon the remaining opponents shut up or flee the country. Once there is no opposition left to speak of, switch to the Russian model and to the carrot again.