r/politics • u/Dustypigjut Oregon • Nov 27 '24

Elon Musk publicized the names of government employees he wants to cut. It’s terrifying federal workers Soft Paywall

https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/27/business/elon-musk-government-employees-targets/index.html

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u/Mrtorbear Nov 27 '24

I've been told off for being a government drone before - working from the inside to destroy the American people. All for being a government contractor. Y'all, I fuckin work for MEDICAID AND MEDICARE, aka dedicating the last decade of my life to getting my fellow Americans adequate health care. I am not the goddamn bad guy, but some people just assume government employees are part of some deep state.

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u/The_Lost_Jedi Washington Nov 27 '24

It's sort of like the foreign aid budget. It's a tiny trifling amount compared to what the government spends on stuff like social security/medicare/defense/etc, but too many people are utterly convinced it's some gigantic sum, like 20% or whatever.

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u/Vivid_Kaleidoscope66 Nov 27 '24

They don't even realize foreign aid is a tool used to keep neocolonial power over the countries the US keeps in the developmental stage so they're easy to exploit, because without them American society would collapse.

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u/claimTheVictory Nov 28 '24

Jesus Christ...

You went through the entire foreign aid budget, and that's all you came back with?

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u/Vivid_Kaleidoscope66 Nov 28 '24

You need to educate yourself by reading scholarly works that detail how foreign aid is colonialism in disguise

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u/claimTheVictory Nov 28 '24

Wow, you totally convinced me with that argument.

Congratulations.

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u/Vivid_Kaleidoscope66 Nov 28 '24

It's your choice to keep your head in the sand.

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u/claimTheVictory Nov 28 '24

Try learn how to present an argument, rather than how to state your opinion.

You know what they say about opinions.

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u/Vivid_Kaleidoscope66 Nov 28 '24

Wow, how could you think that was anything but a stranger pointing out a lesson you keep refusing to go learn? That's just plain embarrassing.

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u/claimTheVictory Nov 28 '24

What's the lesson?

Believe some bullshit someone told you?

That's how Trump got elected.

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u/Vivid_Kaleidoscope66 Nov 29 '24

Below is, once again, the lesson you ignored multiple times during this interaction.

You need to educate yourself by reading scholarly works that detail how foreign aid is colonialism in disguise

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u/claimTheVictory Nov 29 '24

That's not a lesson.

That's a vague hand-wave, by you.

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u/Vivid_Kaleidoscope66 Nov 29 '24

Oh you need it spoon-fed to you? The lesson is you have even less of an idea of what you're talking about than you think you do, and you now know how to learn what you're trying to talk about, thanks to me. It's on you to follow the wisdom you've been given and educate yourself by learning directly from scholars.

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