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InevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 year ago

The ELON MUSK Act (Eliminate Looting of Our Nation by Mitigating Unethical State Kleptocracy) would ban "special government employees" from having federal contracts.

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The ELON MUSK Act (Eliminate Looting of Our Nation by Mitigating Unethical State Kleptocracy) would ban "special government employees" from having federal contracts.

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The Elon Musk Act aims to ban ‘special government employees’ from having federal contracts | TechCrunch
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U.S. Democratic Representative Mark Pocan plans to introduce a bill designed to ban “special government employees” like Elon Musk from having federal
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  • NephewAlphaBravo [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    just shoot him with a gun like the adults you’re supposed to be

  • Condor Puma Serpiente@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    Maybe they could put 50% of the mental calories they’re dedicating to reverse-engineering acronyms toward like stopping the nazi problem

    • MayoPete [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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      Ah, but that would require a spine. None of those at the DNC!

    • dil [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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      Right?? So fucking cringe to think about them patting themselves on the back about this.

      “Yes, the world was destroyed, but we made some preeetty clever acronyms and what else could we do?”

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    three branches of US government

    Lobbyists: write the bills

    Staffers: read the bills

    Elected officials: come up with zinger titles

    • InevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.netOP
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      Somehow I don’t remember that from I’m Just a Bill.

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    I’ve seen a few users here say something about how the stripping of the copperwiring of the US state by the US state is a conscious decision, made to develop a new economic stage. I think they’re wrong.
    That’s what would’ve happened if Kamala got into office, maybe. What’s happening here is that Elon Musk is near the levers of power and Trump likes to golf. “Don’t attribute to malice what can be attributed to incompetence” is a bullshit redditism, but with Elon there’s something to it. Don’t attribute to strategy what can be explained by dipshittery.
    The guy took over a massive social media site, one of the main components of manufacturing consent in the modern era and all he could do was make the public hate him.

    What you’re seeing is the Liz Truss of the USA. Javier Milei of the USA. They’re not always masterminds, sometimes they’re just stupid. The current generation of rulers are people who have drunk the kool-aid of capitalist propaganda. They actually think money = merit and that socialism is when the government does stuff

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      Anyone who doubts that the capitalists could be this stupid, just look at the late Qing dynasty for comparison.

      Hundreds of years of monarchist rule under the dynasty, thousands of years of feudalism, and historically one of the strongest powers eve collapsed because the late stage rulers lacked the ability to reform their way out of long term contradictions.

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      deleted by creator

      • ClimateChangeAnxiety@hexbear.net
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        With elon? You got virtually no reason to be doing this unless you’re actively trying to sabotage the economy

        Edit: I originally intended to make some joke underneath that but I got distracted and apparently accidentally hit post so I’m just gonna leave the joke as an exercise for the reader.

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          Same energy as that Italian dude that sold a “mental sculpture” for hundreds of thousands

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    Do normal countries make so many dumb acronyms?

    And if so, are there any worse ones?

    The only redeeming thing of it is that it’s against musk

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      • Horse {they/them}
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        the POTUS and FLOTUS gave the SCOTUS a LOTUS

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        Scotus sounds like scrotum to me

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          same… i pretty much always see that

        • tactical_trans_karen [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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          SCROTUS kelly

      • Robert_Kennedy_Jr [xe/xem, xey/xem]@hexbear.net
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        Got a bad case of scotus all over my ass.

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      No, normal countries do completely boring things like call bills Bill F-82: Miscellaneous statute laws related to owning extra large pairs of shorts in 2023.

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        Ours start with “C-” because Canada

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          Smart. That way if you forget what country you’re making laws for, you have an easy way to remember

        • Condor Puma Serpiente@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          Ooh, ours could start with “A-” for America

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        The F-82 anti JNCO Jorts bill was harsh, but not uncalled for.

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      I pulled up the most recent law on the Danish law portal. It’s title is:

      Law on independent declaration providers regarding sustainability reporting

      Very boring and bureaucratic.

      The wacky shit comes immediately after the title:

      We FREDERIK THE TENTH, by the Grace of God Denmark’s King proclaim:

      Parliament has passed and We have by Our consent ratified the following Law:

      Which seems like way too much bombast to have immediately after that title.

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        If you wanna see the real wacky stuff you gotta go to the citizens proposals. They’re always good fun

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    Lets see you “well, nevertheless” your way out of— well, nevertheless taken-seriously

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    Holy fuck I thought that title was a bit.

    Somebody kill me please end this nightmare.

  • coeliacmccarthy [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net
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    deeply unserious

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    How bout you democrats and every other remaining person of good will become 2nd amendment enthusiasts? Instead of this feckless bs?

    Do appreciate the acronym though

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    wtf i love backronyms now

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