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dwoldrichyesterday at 6:35 PM4 repliesview on HN

They claim $1329.19 saved per taxpayer. https://www.doge.gov/savings

As long as we're in fiat, debt-based, race to the bottom, universally-enshittificate mode, that's a big ol' fart nothingburger. Call me when the Fed ends.

Doge dealt well-deserved shocks to the comfy bureaucracy and revealed corruption in the NGO's. The bureaucracy, the military/IC, the media, the banksters, the bought and paid for reps - it's all one of a piece. Doge helped a lot of people come to that conclusion, so that's helpful. I think Trump's people are all acting to mask whatever they're really doing anyhow. It's absurd WWF kayfabe nonstop and has been for years.


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epistasisyesterday at 6:47 PM

Why would you believe any numbers coming out of DOGE? The entire article is about their clear lies about their own numbers. Posting a number from the DOGE website and believing it is not rational behavior.

Further, there is nothing that will make the US poorer than ending the Fed or fiat money. The US has blown past all other economies in the world because of fiat money and its special status.

> revealed corruption in the NGO's.

No, it absolutely did not. DOGE revealed the corruption of DOGE. It's all political corruption, eliminating the regulators for Musk's empire, cover it up with lies about other things.

> Doge helped a lot of people come to that conclusion, so that's helpful.

The only thing that DOGE convinced people of is that Musk is a fraud. Nobody lost trust in the government because of anything Musk did, nobody thought "Oh I used to think that USAID was good, now I think it's bad!" Musk's popularity has hit rock-bottom, he has ruined some of the most valuable consumer brands in the world.

It's odd to see so many words that are directly contradicted by plain reality. One must be in a very very very deep information bubble to see your post

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_DeadFred_yesterday at 6:57 PM

Where are the prosecutions? Where are the announced investigations into this corruption? They don't exist because the found 'fraud' doesn't exist.

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tastyfaceyesterday at 6:50 PM

Pray tell, what corruption did DOGE reveal in the NGOs?

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yunohntoday at 8:41 AM

> Doge dealt well-deserved shocks to the comfy bureaucracy and revealed corruption in the NGO's

Ah, the classic “let’s hurt others because we don’t understand them” routine.

Ever heard of Bullshit Jobs? It describes most of the private sector - maybe look inward rather than outward?