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by kccoder 2y ago
Musk long ago lost the right to be given the benefit of the doubt on anything. The man lies constantly, has the temperament and self-control of small child, an ego the size of Jupiter, is reportedly a ketamine addict, and has verifiably sil
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by kccoder 2y ago
It would be so uncivil to have a conversation about how the US govt is being carelessly lit on fire because it might lead to a flamewar.
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by kccoder 2y ago
> good intentions, but seems like it was designed assuming good faith behavior Are you talking about HN or the constitution and our resultant system of government?
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We will, when they do. Snark aside, these actions are more likely than many would like to think. Ask American Samoa.
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They don't HAVE to, but they do choose to allow it. We'll all likely have to make choices in the coming years regarding principles, morality, ethics, empathy vs profit, safety, and security. They've chosen one path, hopefully
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by kccoder 2y ago
> Republicans have lost all right to claim that they are fiscally conservative. They lost that decades ago. Anyone who believe[d/s] otherwise wasn't paying attention.
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> Are they kidding? All this noise to spend EVEN MORE? Same as it always was.
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Cool, then they should update it, not take this action against it.
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He didn't leave last time "in the normal manner," why would he do so this time? He's been hinting at a third term. I hope you're right and we have a normal election with a peaceful transfer of power in four years, b
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by kccoder 2y ago
In what world is requiring someone to fulfill the terms of a legally binding contract judicial activism?
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by kccoder 2y ago
Are you saying that bribery is...good?
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by kccoder 2y ago
> The Rockefellers, Morgans, Larry Fink's all hold way more money in secret reserves than Musk or Bezos. Where does this insight come from? How much money do you suppose these people have? > USAID was a CIA slush fund to destabil
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by kccoder 2y ago
Is that because reality has a liberal bias?
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Various federal organizations get involved in single-state issues in their purview all the time, including the CDC. A single state outbreak can quickly become a multi-state outbtreak, then a nationwide outbreak. Measles, being one of the mo
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by kccoder 2y ago
First, nobody elected Musk. Second, many of the voters which selected Trump this cycle did so out of frustration with their current situation, primarily the cost of living. Those people didn't want chaos or disregard for the rule of la
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by kccoder 2y ago
By winning a plurality of the vote and being within a couple thousand votes in a few swing states changing the outcome? He won, but just. Not that it matters. Serial violators of others' autonomy aren't know for coloring between t
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by kccoder 2y ago
The president has top secret clearance and doesn't have access to personal tax returns. I don't believe there is a blanket "all things included" security clearance.
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And why the senate didn't convict trump in the second impeachment about the insurrection he fomented. There is reporting of Mitt Romney that several republican senators indicated they didn't vote to convict because they were afrai
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by kccoder 2y ago
> I have never been able to understand people who get emotional over things they read online that have no impact on their day to day life. Maybe they have more empathy for the plight of others? Also, it is often the case that the events
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by kccoder 2y ago
Are the non-alarmists alarmed yet? If not, when? What’s your red line?
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I'd wager a solid 20%-30% of the people who voted for Trump were poorly informed, or deliberately misinformed, and simply wanted "change" because they weren't pleased with the current state of their life / country.
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by kccoder 2y ago
Why in the world would you trust Elon and his cadre to do that investigation? The man has no self-control, has the temperament of a spoiled teenager, and by all accounts is a drug addict. He also has a shocking number of conflicts of intere
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by kccoder 2y ago
Why stop there? Let's all ignore all laws, rules, regulations, norms, morals, ethics, civil rights, edicts, codes of conduct, decency, ... What a world we'd have then! Absolute freedom for all! Want to own a human? Go for it! Want
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by kccoder 2y ago
And for some reason there are many commenters here defending it and dismissing the severity. Concerning.
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by kccoder 2y ago
Sounds like we need a scalpel, not napalm. For every silly/stupid regulation removed, there will be 100 important regulations as collateral. And then we'll see real collateral.
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A lot of those same people are going to questioning where the various government services they utilize have gone, or why they are no longer allowed to be in a union, or why do the worker protections they were accustomed to no longer exist,
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As is very nearly every person, including these children.
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Of course there is. Who says that's what they are trying to do? What specific credentials do these children have that makes them uniquely qualified to handle this task? Why is Elon the appropriate vessel for this activity? The man has
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How do you know that they are largely writing code? Is that because the appropriate oversight has indicated as such? What visibility do any of us have to what they are doing? And why should we trust any result they produce? The lack of crit
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by kccoder 2y ago
Then why did they purge a lot of voters in 2024? And take other actions to suppress voter turnout?

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