Summary

Democrats Stansbury and Raskin introduced the “Nobody Elected Elon Musk Act,” which targets Elon Musk’s dismantling of federal services through the DOGE cost-cutting scheme.

It seeks personal liability for Musk, amid lawsuits and concerns over sensitive data access.

The proposal aims to protect taxpayers and critical federal operations against unauthorized actions.

  • Alteon@lemmy.world
    21·
    6 hours ago

    Mate, metaphors like this help understand the gravity of the situation to help us see WHY certain actions are bad. From an uneducated standpoint, DOGE might not seem so bad unless you understand that Hitler rose to power on such things:

    • The dismantling of bureaucratic checks
    • The centralization of power
    • The targeting of political opposition
    • The use of propaganda to justify reforms

    These metaphors aren’t bullshit…they are just getting more accurate.

    • frezik@midwest.social
      1·
      6 hours ago

      If we keep changing who The Hitler is in the metaphor, how useful is that to understand the situation?

      Trump isn’t as young as Hitler was, but they need him as the charismatic front. Musk is relatively young and wields power like Hitler, but he wouldn’t have enough support on his own.