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this post was submitted on 15 Feb 2025
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Ah, the willy nilly style of leadership… Oh wait, this is coming from the Russian puppet rapist pants-shitter. In that case it’s exactly what Russia needs. It’s deliberate. It’s expected.
Reminds me of when I would root my phone and then go through stripping out anything I didn't understand assuming it was bloat or spyware. I'd typically end up frustrated that my device didn't seem to run very well.
Making the government unable to operate is the point.
"government doesn't work!!"
/proceeds to cripple any/all functionality of gov
"See?! I told ya it doesn't work" 🥴
Just like the playbook against NHS in UK:
"NHS doesn't work, it must be privatised (and contracted out to companies owned by my friends)!!"
/proceeds to starve funds and undermine NHS at every turn
"See?! I told ya it doesn't work" 🥴
AKA "Disaster Capitalism"
lol .... idiots are trying to root the US government and don't know what they are doing. Hopefully they won't brick everything and go out and buy an overpriced brand new iphone.
Bricking it is their goal. They aren't stupid, they're malicious, which is orders of magnitude worse.
They act stupid, cuz their base are fucking morons and find it relatable, but don't assume any of the damage they're doing isn't 100% intentional.
I mean, c’mon, maybe that was a case a while ago but a) yes they fucking are, the most selfish thing you can do is take care of others because that’ll come back around into a support system no one can take from you, either, and b) all the “smart” ones created all these dumb as rocks ones and now the idiots they created have come to be in charge.
They absolutely are stupid, and it’s a huge fucking problem.
Part of the problem with Trump and the other Trumpanzees following in his his footsteps is that we constantly give them the village-idiot pass and fail to hold them accountable.
When it comes to politics, world leaders, CEOs - it's the the opposite of Hanlon's Razor. Never attribute to stupidity that which is adequately explained by malice.
If their actions cause damage, I'm going to assume it was calculated and intentional, especially when it's a pattern that repeats itself on a daily fucking basis.
And honestly, you're probably right. Especially as you go lower and lower down the Nazi chain of command, the spectrum slides from evil to stupid. But if there's even an inkling of a chance that that any one of those Nazis has the self awareness to realize that they are in fact the badies, but stay the course anyway cuz they're fucking evil, then that's the assumption I'm rolling with.
Treat these traitors like the threat they are, regardless of their motive or capability.
It’s absolutely both, and I never said that they should not be held accountable. They are unclever gorillas smashing the place up and yes, it is absolutely for evil, evil reasons but that doesn’t mean these are deep, well thought-out schemes. It’s basic garbage for garbage people, a idiot’s genius. Yes, it’s calculated, but the math is of a grade one level and even then they don’t always get it right but you bet they’re still trying to be as evil as possible.
Being a conservative almost requires one to be dumber than a bag of hammers. The only reason most of them get anywhere is because other idiots like the useless centrists refuse to hold them accountable so we all act like they’re clever when really they’re just shielded from consequences. Elon Musk is as dumb as they come and we all know exactly what he’s doing it’s just that when he buys Twitter for way too much money and blows it up he doesn’t have to deal with any fallout and can keep that shitstorm running out of pure spite and lighting billions of dollars on fire.
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Get hired back as private consultants at 5x the pay. Firing me was your fuckup. You deserve to pay for it.
Oh, they're just going to nepotism some idiot fuckup into the job.
I hear Homer is available.
I'd have more faith in him than any of the idiots they will actually pick.
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they will be unbothered when they blow us all up
This is exactly the Curtis Yarvin RAGE plan. Remember a few years ago when that lady got sued for not issuing a marriage license to a gay couple, despite the law? She's the ideal for them, someone who will fulfill their fascists will even when real adults take over.
Oopsie, accidentally lost some nukes.
What's that? israel mysteriously found some nukes? Guess we'll never know where they got them from, its a mystery...
They must have consulted the guy in charge of the twitter layoffs
"Not realizing. "
No. They absolutely realized it. Farking the country up is the entire point
The US government is gigantic and does a lot beyond what most people see in a day to day basis.
The visible part of DoE is energy conservation and developing alternative energy sources. It turns out the DoE does a lot more and they didn't realize this before promising to destroy the department.
i could believe that they're too stupid to know what the DOE does
I could also see them being manipulated by outside powers so that weapons might mysteriously end up in foreign hands.
They are both ignorant and pliable.
TBH it's on message for them.
The guy they had to lead the DOE last time had no idea what they did, either. It's nice to see that at least some things don't change.
DOGE, but 25% more efficient?
Fucking, the word is fucking.
Swearing?! On my internet?!
didn't he have this problem of not understanding what the department of energy did last term?
Yep. His 'bull in a China shop' philosophy of governance comes with a lot of collateral damage.
philosophy of governance
Just feels wrong in a sentence about the diaper, even after "bull in a China shop."
No doubt it does, but I think 'bull in a China shop' is a fairly accurate characterization.
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It seems funny until you realize that we actually do need some serious people running government, and instead, our president has staffed it with 20 year-old morons and idiotic TV personalities that he probably secretly uses for fap fodder.
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I wonder how many nukes are gonna disappear.
Why don't we ask Jeff?
Dunno, but I hope one makes it to the Palestinians so this war can end. Mutually-assured destruction is a wonderful thing.
The guy who did his fireworks on the campaign trail will be heading NORAD.
Lol, ok, I can see why this is called NOT THE ONION. Geeze, and this is the most powerful country in the world. Maybe they don't actually know where Canada is, ha.
So a hair under 20 years ago I was offered a position similar to this after leaving the Navy. I'm so glad I went into private industry in another field entirely.
Rick Perry moment
Spy novel themed porno plot moment.
Edit: Russian porno
When they beg you to come back, Dean and a contract for 10x your previous salary or no deal.
Those stockpiles should be moved to Canada, because clearly they are not mature enough to take care of such things.
lolol!
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