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In reply to the discussion: Musk & DOGE SH*T "made the world sicker, poorer and more miserable. And it was all for nothing" [View all]gfarber
(179 posts)20. DOGE Misdeeds
There once was a tycoon named Musk
Who decided that DOGE was a must.
With bravado and cheer,
He cried, Chop it right here!
Till regret left his vision quite husk.
Young coders with scarcely a clue
Were tasked with what nations must do.
They hunted misdeeds,
From their swivel chairs leads,
And called civil servants untrue.
A lad nicknamed Big Balls, nineteen,
Played watchdog for things unforeseen.
With no aid or state skill,
He accused with a will,
Then watched as an agency screamed.
USAIDs criminal, he lied,
Feed it straight to the chipper, he cried.
With a tweet and a grin,
He let hubris win
And soft power was quietly fried.
At CPAC he brandished a saw,
Declared whole departments a flaw.
Months later, subdued,
He hedged and he rued:
I was somewhat successful, he'd craw.
DOGE promised to trim every dime,
Slash spending, efficiency prime.
But it cut without sense,
Brought collapse, not expense
And failed on both ledger and time.
A tale for the ages remains:
When amateurs seized governing reins,
They didnt just miss
They authored this mess,
Left the world poorer, sicker, in pain.
So carve it in verse and in stone:
When tech gods are handed the throne,
They dont merely stall
They dismantle it all,
And call nothing gained worth the bone.
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Musk & DOGE SH*T "made the world sicker, poorer and more miserable. And it was all for nothing" [View all]
Miles Archer
Sunday
OP
His two major "accomplishment," neither of which were part of the rationale that empowered him
Miles Archer
Sunday
#2
I don't know what can be done, or how "effectively" Republicans can block those efforts
Miles Archer
Sunday
#5
It was for something, to line the pockets of the oligarchs, they needed a tax cut.
Uncle Joe
Sunday
#4
In other words for them it was a success. The media need to stop pretending the intentions are good.
Blues Heron
Sunday
#7
Musk didn't like USAID because he is an Afrikaner from South Africa who was taught from his childhood...
Botany
Sunday
#9
The asshole single-handedly dismantled large parts of our government for shits and grins
dalton99a
Sunday
#14
There is a one element central to the pathology of Trump, Musk, and everyone like them
Miles Archer
Sunday
#17
"They made the world sicker, poorer and more miserable. And it was all for nothing."
MLWR
Sunday
#15
It was NOT all for nothing. Musk got all the data and back doors to the US Govt.
Irish_Dem
Sunday
#26
Musk & DOGE need indicted for identiy theft and violations of the HIPAA of millions of Americans.
Hotler
Sunday
#32