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Elon Musk installs illegal server to seize all federal workers’ data
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Ok so this is really a hostile takeover right out of a black mirror episode. It's starting to dawn on me
I mean, yes, it really is. We're watching what may be the end of democracy. We're only a month in and we have unelected oligarchs making policy decisions and budget measures without voting or congressional oversight or even representation.
This is the definition of a coup, it's just that there's no tanks rolling down the street. Yet.
Our best-case scenario is that they just want to steal our money, and once they fill their bellies with your private data and identity data and of course, money, they will return to their dens to digest the feast. Our worst-case scenario is that the 2024 election will be remembered as America's last attempt at democracy.
Tanks rolling down the street is a good keyword. What's your militarys take on all this? Are they more likely to defend democracy or are they already mostly lead by magas? How likely is them kicking out the government and taking over?
While the US military is sworn to uphold the Constitution, the President is still technically their commander and boss and they are obligated to follow his orders unless it's some egregious offense against the constitution, but like with everything happening right now, we've never had this system tested, we've never faced a military having to make this choice on a large-scale level.
We also have a constitution that was written centuries ago and hasn't been updated or amended in a very long time, and this archaic abstractness is what has let so many people and courts stretch the interpretations or ignore it entirely. At this point I don't think the military will defy the administration for nearly any reason because nobody actually knows what they're doing or supposed to do. The rug has been yoinked out from under US government but it's been a slow, slow tug and we didn't realize we didn't have a rug under us until the system wasn't there to protect anyone anymore. Add to that, there are enough far-right generals and defense department officials who are completely on-board with this administration's warmongering and hate that I don't think any kind of "constitutional crisis" would last long in the ranks of the military. The fascist marinade has seeped into every nook and cranny here.
The whole world should be very, very worried.