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I assume Trump and Musk are not insane, just cynical and with some unusual objective. Now, what might that objective be? I doubt they really care about US perso
by rich_sasha 2y ago
I assume Trump and Musk are not insane, just cynical and with some unusual objective. Now, what might that objective be? I doubt they really care about US personnel cost, it's not that much in the grand scheme of things. Violent deregulation? But what does this, or WHO membership, or nuclear safety have to do with that?
Or maybe they really are crazy. But that would be a conclusion of last resort.
- TFYS 2y agoMy guess is that they want capital to have power over everything. Organizations that you can't buy and that have any amount of power are going to get destroyed. That's why the opposition is doing nothing about this. They're also servants of capital.
- cyberge99 2y agoThey want to break what they can and reign of what’s left.
- rich_sasha 2y agoWell, fine, but FAA? WHO? NSF? I would be totally unconfused if they were (and indeed they are) going after FBI, CIA, financial regulators - the sinews of power. But they seem to be going after everything. Even really boring things that they might as well leave be so as not to create a headache for themselves.
- AnimalMuppet 2y agoLast time, a bunch of pieces of the federal government resisted Trump's attempts to ignore the constitution. I think the goal this time is to break everything in the government that did that last time, or might consider doing it this time. Note well: That's my guess. I have no definite knowledge.