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

[u/Dustypigjut]

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

[u/lyn73]

This story was also posted on Yahoo. I went to the comments....

Let me tell you the problem our country has.....

People are focusing on the wrong damn thing. Most of the comments I read were about the need to cut back, be more efficient, etc.

The problem obviously is that this man used his platform to publicize, harass, intimidate 4 government employees that did nothing to him/nothing to deserve what's probably coming to them (harassment, etc.). Elon will have the crazies after them...all because our open government laws have not caught up to technology (and its capabilities) and he has the power to use his platform to spread information.

People that work for the government 1. just want to do their job and get paid 2. might have decided this line of work because they wanted to help society.... They don't deserve that type of abuse. People who think they have the solutions to make the government more efficient usually have no clue as to what is going on and why.... These narcissistic pricks need to step back, shut up, learn and respect these people....

[u/Mrtorbear → u/lyn73]

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.

[u/The_Lost_Jedi → u/Mrtorbear]

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.

[u/Vivid_Kaleidoscope66 → u/The_Lost_Jedi]

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.

[u/claimTheVictory → u/Vivid_Kaleidoscope66]

Jesus Christ...

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

[u/Vivid_Kaleidoscope66 → u/claimTheVictory]

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

[u/claimTheVictory → u/Vivid_Kaleidoscope66]

Wow, you totally convinced me with that argument.

Congratulations.

[u/Vivid_Kaleidoscope66 → u/claimTheVictory]

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

[u/claimTheVictory → u/Vivid_Kaleidoscope66]

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

You know what they say about opinions.

[u/Vivid_Kaleidoscope66 → u/claimTheVictory]

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.

[u/claimTheVictory → u/Vivid_Kaleidoscope66]

What's the lesson?

Believe some bullshit someone told you?

That's how Trump got elected.

[u/Vivid_Kaleidoscope66 → u/claimTheVictory]

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

[u/claimTheVictory → u/Vivid_Kaleidoscope66]

That's not a lesson.

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

[u/Vivid_Kaleidoscope66 → u/claimTheVictory]

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.

[u/claimTheVictory → u/Vivid_Kaleidoscope66]

You still don't have a short, single argument to convince me.

And that's probably because you're not convinced yourself.

Goodbye.