r/politics 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/Objective_Dog_4637 Nov 28 '24

I used to wonder how Hitler could ever rise to power and now it all makes perfect sense.

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u/Alternative_Law_9644 Nov 28 '24

Because people are basically uneducated in this country. Almost nobody knows civics, history, or has any idea what’s going on in America or the world unless it’s in their feed. Trump got elected because he’s a disrupter and people online love that. The next President will have a mess to clean up unless our Congress has a set … which I doubt

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u/Dramatic-Steak4711 26d ago

Our next President may be decades away  And if the dollar is not the reserve currency, we will take even longer to crawl out of poverty here

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u/AltruisticWishes 26d ago

It's so utterly bizarre that essentially no one makes that point. But yes, you're absolutely correct