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1. toader · 1790007785 · focus · HN ↗

   How anyone that values democracy in the United States could support any of Elon's ventures is difficult to understand.

   1. jackfischer · 1790008433 · focus · HN ↗

      The public very much voted for massive administrative reform. Are you refering to DOGE, Elon Musk's influence on elections, something else?

      1. estearum · 1790008532 · focus · HN ↗

         As if "the public" knows literally anything about how the US federal government is administered.

         If anything, they voted for reduced debt burden and they got the opposite. DOGE failed at pretty much every single one of the goals that the public arguably gave it a mandate for.

         1. serbuvlad · 1790009549 · focus · HN ↗

            > As if "the public" knows literally anything

            Ah, yes, democracy!, except for when the public is wrong.

            Who decides when the public is wrong? We do! Who decides "what the public voted for"? We do! So we are the rulers? No, of course, not, this is democracy.

            You want to become the decider of when the public is wrong and of what the public voted for? TYRANT! TYRANT!

            1. verdverm · 1790010464 · focus · HN ↗

               being ignorant and influenced is different from being wrong, the american electorate is well known to be under informed

               half of voters don't pay any attention to politics until the week or two before voting

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