cross-posted from: https://infosec.pub/post/36033796

Amid the ongoing shutdown, the HHS secretary wiped out entire offices that investigate disease outbreaks, manage infectious disease responses and collect data.

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    Even if the US somehow manages to have another election and elect a sane president, it will be an almost impossible task to undo all the damage the Trump regime did.

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        They literally laid it all out in Project 2025. There are some nuances to how it’s unfolding but this is what they wanted.

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          Exactly. I don’t know why anybody is surprised about this shit. They literally wrote down what they’d do once they came back into power. Project 2025 is their Mein Kampf.

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        Yeah I think this is the headline that finally did it for me. Hurting Democrats isn’t enough, hurting minorities isn’t enough. They want the country to no longer exist. They want a smouldering pile of rubble left, literally preferably, but they’ll accept metaphorical if that’s all they can get. The point of this administration is to destroy America and kill as many citizens in the process as humanly possible.

        No matter how bad it’s seemed I swear fucking God the next day it’s proven worse than that. At no point was it possible to accurately assess how royally fucked we are or how evil these Nazis are. And you’ll have Republicans defending all this shit even if they personally are being sent to the gulag. They’d say we’re overreacting even as they themselves are having the executioner’s hood forced over their heads. I don’t understand how it would be possible to use the power of government in more evil ways.

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          It’s accelerationism. You burn it down so you can rebuild it how you want. Once all is rubble they’ll say “You see? Democracy was just a pie in the sky experiment that was destined to fail. Now let’s go back to monarchy.”

          Remember who burned it down, and never forget, No Fucking Kings. Not now, not ever.

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            I would agree, but I actually see it more as sadistic and wanting people to suffer. They could literally destroy the government entirely without so much suffering as is currently being set into motion. But that wouldn’t get their rocks off.

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              Just look at the life of Steven Miller as documented in the book, Hatemonger, and you’ll get an idea of just one example of exactly who we’re dealing with here. These people are monsters.

              You can look into the history of any one of these grifters, racists, antisemites, transphobes, homophobes, fascists, and it becomes very apparent that they hate everything and everyone around them, and in some cases even hate themselves. Heck, ICE is nothing but a cadre of misanthropic hatemongers all worked up into a frenzy probably due to an excess consumption of various legal/illegal stimulants along with Matt Walsh, Tucker Carlson, etc. being pumped into their eyes and ears all day and night.

              If you think monsters would simply murder without doing the more than occasional bit of torture, then I’d simply invite you to think again.

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          I don’t think it’s quite that Captain Planet.

          The ruling elite in the US are all several generations down the line of nepotism. None of them have ever had to experience consequences, nor learn a lesson, they are just stupid rich people who think they’re rich on their own merits.

          There are a few very rich very evil people who are playing them like puppets though and they’re too stupid to notice.

          Oh, wait that is pretty Captain Planet.

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            I noticed nothing you said contradicts my assertion that they actively want people dead. Nothing about being rich means you need to go out of your way to mass murder. I don’t even see how they could profit from this decision

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              nothing you said contradicts my assertion

              Technically correct! The best kind of correct.

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          They want the country to no longer exist. They want a smouldering pile of rubble left, literally preferably, but they’ll accept metaphorical if that’s all they can get. The point of this administration is to destroy America and kill as many citizens in the process as humanly possible.

          Nah, that would at least be a good thing for the rest of the world. What they want is for a few rich white guys to rule over the entire world (including US itself) with an iron fist. They would still need the MIC, military and stuff for that to happen. It’s going to be grim for all americans not in those industries though, for sure.

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            Way to slide in the America hate, divorced of all reason. The United States, like many other countries, is a vital part of global economics and nuking it from orbit is a bad thing for others as well. You’d think at this point in history people wouldn’t be so stupid to think in such myopic and isolationist ways, but there’s never a limit on stupidity, I’m reminded every day

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              God you people are a literal joke.

              “America hate” 🤡🤡🤡🤡

              On the post sharing a report card describing just how absolutely incompetent our country is to prevent these people from disassembling all modern disease infrastructure.

              Millions will die because of these choices and that will not be limited to america. Hundreds of thousands are already dead or dying from the previous cuts to the cdc and international aid programs.

              Fuck the United states. Its always been a shit country full of racists and nazis. Now they’ve got total control and you STILL want to jump in the way of any criticism.

              You are defending fascists you fucking moron.

              Go get a job with DHS hunting “tankies” and sending them to the concentration camps. Join the fascists in rooting out “antifa” since that is apparently the most consequential battle of our time and you have fully submitted to that framing. Blue maga trash.

              Defend your country from the radical left, protect the fascists from criticism, and ensure america remains a political tool to oppress all nations with its military and ideological war. Keep defending this shit country while inequality grows and real people’s problems only get worse.

              You are no better than the Nazis cheering this on. There really is no limit on stupidity, and you’re putting that on full display.

              Wake the fuck up.

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              a vital part of global economics

              … because they violently overthrow any government that tries to dedollarize. This is the only reason US is still part of global economics.

              nuking it from orbit is a bad thing for others as well

              Will there be an economic downturn? Sure, for a bit, while countries adjust. But there will also be much less war and genocide, which is worth it on its own, and by now the US doesn’t have any real industrial sector apart from weapons manufacturing so supply chains won’t be affected much (with very few exceptions, like airplanes).

              Of course a revolution in the US would be better, but I don’t see that happening for a while. TBH neither do I see america truly being destroyed by Trump, he seems to have something worse in mind as I’ve said.

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                Yes you’re right, the huge amount of exports and technology from America is actually of no consequence. Why don’t you figure out a way to nuke us personally. Goddamn I hate tankie bigots.

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                  They sold all their nukes for vodka and now all they have to fight with is disinformation. It’s a shame they all exist on here. This app and these dialogues are non-consequential to anyone. I don’t know why they’re full of tanky propaganda. The far left and right just loves to hate monger. Everything has to be black and white or else. In group out group no nuance.