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Musk wants to leave politics because he’s tired of ‘attacks’ from the left: report (www.independent.co.uk)

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Speculation of Tesla CEO’s possible departure comes as his influence in the administration appears to wane

Elon Musk is reportedly set to leave his government role because he’s tired of the what he sees as a litany of vicious and unethical attacks from the left, according to a report from The Washington Post.

It remains unclear when Musk will depart as head of DOGE; his special government employee status will expire at the end of next month. A person familiar with his thinking told The Post that Musk thinks that his work at DOGE won’t be diminished because of his departure, noting that staffers have already established themselves across a slew of federal agencies.

But speculation of Musk’s possible departure comes as his influence in the administration appears to wane. The New York Times reported last week that the acting commissioner of the IRS was being replaced after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent complained that Musk had his preferred candidate installed without Bessent’s support. Musk has also annoyed other cabinet members by failing to coordinate with them in cost-cutting moves.

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[–] MangoCats@feddit.it 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Kinda how we never go to the dentist when nothing hurts even though we really shouldn’t wait until it does

Now I find that this all depends on the character of your dentist...

Regular visits to many dentists I have known in my life result in un-necessary procedures, additional pain and lower quality of life in general as compared to if you had just stayed the hell away and taken decent care of your own teeth at home. Yes, this is unethical, but in my life experience 9/10 dentists I have visited are unethical and do push any procedure they think they can sell you, particularly if the procedure is covered by your insurance.

If we could get a "real" dentist rating system going where you could judge them before experiencing the high-pressure sales pitch from authority while you are in the chair under the light, we might make some positive progress. Good dental practices are good for the patients. Un-necessary deep scale cleanings, recession reconstructions, drill and fill of not-really cavities and so many other things have given dentists in general a bad reputation IMO.

[–] gabbath@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You're right but I wasn't going for a "dentist = political party" analogy. More like a "get your teeth taken care of = keep power in check through public pressure" analogy (to be clear, only voting doesn't count as pressure) .

[–] MangoCats@feddit.it 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I keep hoping that this cycle will be the one that demonstrates that we need real transparency, real accountability, and real limits of power to screw around in the name of "national emergency."

Of course, when half the people who vote vote for lunacy, lunacy is what you get.

[–] gabbath@lemmy.world 1 points 21 hours ago

I completely agree.