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The people behind Login.gov were “deleted” in February 2025 per DOGE’s leader at the time. The current U.S. government would prefer to privatize it, not expand

The people behind Login.gov were “deleted” in February 2025 per DOGE’s leader at the time. The current U.S. government would prefer to privatize it, not expand socialist federal programs.

toomuchtodo 3mo ago
Current administration only has ~900 days left, midterms approach, ~2M voters 55+ age out every year. Perhaps not now, but the capability exists for the future. Pendulum will swing back eventually. Silver lining is there are going to be lifetimes of work ahead for those who come back to fix what was broken during this time window on the timeline. This too shall pass. Speedbumps happen. NY Times: The Race for Congress: Latest 2026 Polls - https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/congressional-vote-2026.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/congressional-vote... Democratic socialists top MAGA candidates among voters in CNBC’s All-America poll - https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/17/democratic-socialists-top-maga-candidates-all-america-poll.html https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/17/democratic-socialists-top-ma... - July 17, 2026 (think in systems, "skate to where the puck is going, not to where it is")
- mindslight 3mo ago
  So wait, you're looking forward to the Grump catastrophe being over, not to have a break from an overtly malevolent government that actively hates our civil liberties, not so we can rebuild our burnt out husks of societal institutions, but rather as an opportunity to implement stronger and more frequent ID checks on individuals ? This both sides authoritarian ratchet dynamic is a large part of why the destructionists wanted to burn it all down in the first place!
  - toomuchtodo 3mo ago
    No, I'm looking forward to the opportunity to once again invest in and protect public goods that benefit us all broadly, without an opinion on implementing age verification as a capability in the login.gov idp.
sharts 3mo ago
How does this relate to socialist programs? Any sufficiently large org basically ends up looking the same way.

The people behind Login.gov were “deleted” in February 2025 per DOGE’s leader at the time. The current U.S. government would prefer to privatize it, not expand socialist federal programs.

toomuchtodo 3mo ago

Current administration only has ~900 days left, midterms approach, ~2M voters 55+ age out every year. Perhaps not now, but the capability exists for the future. Pendulum will swing back eventually. Silver lining is there are going to be lifetimes of work ahead for those who come back to fix what was broken during this time window on the timeline. This too shall pass. Speedbumps happen. NY Times: The Race for Congress: Latest 2026 Polls - https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/congressional-vote-2026.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/congressional-vote... Democratic socialists top MAGA candidates among voters in CNBC’s All-America poll - https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/17/democratic-socialists-top-maga-candidates-all-america-poll.html https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/17/democratic-socialists-top-ma... - July 17, 2026 (think in systems, "skate to where the puck is going, not to where it is")

mindslight 3mo ago
So wait, you're looking forward to the Grump catastrophe being over, not to have a break from an overtly malevolent government that actively hates our civil liberties, not so we can rebuild our burnt out husks of societal institutions, but rather as an opportunity to implement stronger and more frequent ID checks on individuals ? This both sides authoritarian ratchet dynamic is a large part of why the destructionists wanted to burn it all down in the first place!
- toomuchtodo 3mo ago
  No, I'm looking forward to the opportunity to once again invest in and protect public goods that benefit us all broadly, without an opinion on implementing age verification as a capability in the login.gov idp.

sharts 3mo ago

How does this relate to socialist programs? Any sufficiently large org basically ends up looking the same way.