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yankee87

(2,779 posts)
Sat Mar 1, 2025, 01:29 AM Mar 2025

Rebuild the government?

With all the agencies being gutted, contracts being cancelled and all the other shit Elon is doing, how is it possible to rebuild?
Even if possible, next maga/republican will just destroy again.

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Rebuild the government? (Original Post) yankee87 Mar 2025 OP
Destroyed countries rebuild after devasting wars delisen Mar 2025 #1
That's the point, and why they are bothering to do this at all. RockRaven Mar 2025 #2
Providing he lives 4 more years, we the people can implement the change we want to beginning now. in2herbs Mar 2025 #5
We kind of have to. dchill Mar 2025 #3
How? yankee87 Mar 2025 #4

delisen

(7,287 posts)
1. Destroyed countries rebuild after devasting wars
Sat Mar 1, 2025, 01:42 AM
Mar 2025

I think we will rebuild and build new safeguards. The pressure of the reality of climate change upon us will actually help us smash through the propaganda and get most of us to focus.

RockRaven

(18,929 posts)
2. That's the point, and why they are bothering to do this at all.
Sat Mar 1, 2025, 01:42 AM
Mar 2025

It take a longer to build than to destroy. It takes longer to gain experience and institutional knowledge than to lose it. They wouldn't be so enthusiastic, they wouldn't be going so hard at it, if they thought it was easily reversed by the next admin. That juice wouldn't be worth the squeeze. But the reversal is hard, and potentially impossible, so they will hazard the short term slings and arrows (for instance, Tesla sales in western Europe are way down the last several months) because the medium to long term result is worth it.

Whatever TCF destroys in the next 4 years will take 8 or 12 or 20 to rebuild, if ever. Much will be irreversible, which is what they want.

in2herbs

(4,345 posts)
5. Providing he lives 4 more years, we the people can implement the change we want to beginning now.
Sat Mar 1, 2025, 03:29 AM
Mar 2025

All that needs to be done is have Ds say starting now and during campaigning, that if given a majority in both houses they will reverse the tax cuts by implementing a massive tax on the Oligarchs, that we will get medicare for all, a universal basic income and that those who sided with Trump and his support of Putin will be prosecuted -- meaning every fu****ng R who is in Congress right now.

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