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by hsbauauvhabzb 426 days ago
That’s a naïve assumption that underestimates the capability of a party you clearly disagree and/or think poorly of. I’m not saying it’s happening, but I think it’s not an impossible scenario.

You really think DOGE as a whole couldn’t muster up the ability to route traffic via Russia? The engineers on the floor need to follow a relatively straightforward playbook.

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Could they do it? Sure, it's not an impossible scenario, but what would be the reason for it outside of "trolling"? Both Occam's and Hanlon's razor fit easily here.
I think it’s reasonable to assume that a substantial portion of doge employees have roots in /pol/ which itself has roots in /b/. Elon literally carried a sink into Twitter on his first day, I’m sure there’s plenty of similar antics elsewhere.