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by mrhottakes 32 days ago
Musk has a lot to do with the state of the country right now. Do you read the news?
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boringg 32 days ago
You are really giving him a lot of credit here. Thats mostly the news cycle doing what it does - focusing on the big stories and loudest speakers.
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manphone 32 days ago
He ran a government institution that recklessly cut public spending and hurt us all. What are you talking about?
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swingboy 32 days ago
DOGE only cut like $7 billion dollars which is nothing in the bigger picture.
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kccoder 32 days ago
Their ineffectiveness at reducing the debt doesn't indicate the changes they made didn't have an outsized effect on many lives. USAID for example.
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mrhottakes 32 days ago
He was the de facto head of an effort to drastically cut the federal government, and he's donated hundreds of millions of dollars to get Trump and Trump-adjacent people elected. I ask again: do you read the news?
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