• xiaohongshu [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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    I’m not trying to scare you, but all of you need to understand that no matter where you live right now, your job/career is literally hanging on whether Elon Musk gets to cut two trillion from the US federal budget or not.

    If Elon gets his way, the US goes into recession. Millions will lose their jobs, and this will spiral to all the other sectors and send shockwaves across the world. Think 2009 GFC - there is not a country that will not be affected by it. Many more will lose their jobs, homes, savings as the economic prospect trends down, especially the export countries.

    Crazy that whether I get to keep my job over the next few years or not is literally going to be decided by what Elon Musk gets to do. If you told me this even a year ago I would have laughed at you so hard.

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      And people still have an undying devotion to this system

      Musk is not smart enough to make some of these decisions on his own, and I mean that very seriously. He has the emotional immaturity of a teenager and repeatedly proves it time and time again which puts everyone in danger (goes without saying).

      To make matters worse, he’s the richest person in the world so there is no one to hold him accountable. Still has too many people thinking he’s Tony stark, inventing cars and rockets himself and believing he’s self-made. It’s hard to believe this is reality sometimes.

    • SkingradGuard [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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      this will spiral to all the other sectors and send shockwaves across the world. Think 2009 GFC - there is not a country that will not be affected by it.

      As bad as all this is, I’m still getting out the popcorn if Trump goes through with allowing Musk to cut all of that antelope-popcorn