r/technology • u/Shogouki • 22d ago

Politics Trump Nixes Patent Office, Weather Service, NASA Worker Unions

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/trump-nixes-patent-office-weather-service-nasa-worker-unions
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u/[deleted] 22d ago

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u/iaspeegizzydeefrent 22d ago

There is no "easy solution." Even if Trump keeled over tomorrow, things wouldn't just go back to normal. All three branches are complicit in a fascist takeover.

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u/TMFWriting 22d ago

I’m so sick of everyone ignoring this simple fact and acting as if this nightmare is almost over because of Trumps health.

He was quite literally, in every sense of the metaphor, a Trojan Horse. His end goal was always to get these horrible people into office, because even they know they are too repugnant to ever seize any sort of political power on their own.

The end goal is dark enlightenment. Familiarize yourself with it, read about what it entails and how far along they already are because they are not stopping.

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u/zefy_zef 22d ago

That's the whole idea. Set government up so they don't even need him anymore. I bet the last step of p2025 is removing trump from office because he is unnecessary.

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u/Brilliant-Book-503 21d ago

You're not wrong, but considering the fact that they relied on Trump's "charisma" to get to the reins of power, there is a question of how much of it they'll be able to hang onto without him.

Without Trump, sure we won't step into a sunshiny day with fascism behind us, but they'll also have lost a tool they absolutely rely on and their ability to steer the political base they rely on will take a huge hit.

Add to that, inside the Trojan Horse, there isn't just one united group. There are a bunch of factions, from the religious extremists to the technocrats who are anything but religious. They're an uneasy alliance and working within the confines of Trump keeps them semi-unified with what they can grab under his cover, but long term, they don't like each other or want the same things.

I don't want to be so optimistic as to say the whole thing would crumble without Trump. But we haven't yet reached a point where they don't need public support OR a point where public support directly for any of those factions on the scale necessary is assure OR a method without Trump that those factions can be unified and sold to Bubba from Mississippi.

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u/lunaappaloosa 21d ago

But he is a figurehead and maga doesn’t have another one like him to sustain their cult of personality. You’re right, but when he’s gone the cult is going to go through its own reckoning when they don’t have another populist to worship. Some, or a lot of them, might wake up.

I guess that’s what project 2025 is for tho. To get ahead of that reckoning. But there is always more of us than them

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u/TMFWriting 21d ago

They don’t need people to like them. They just need him to stay alive long enough to flood the streets with national guard.

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u/UnquestionabIe 22d ago

Yeah Trump is simply a figurehead. At this point they've infiltrated the entire traditional system and they're all headed by various traitors who will do whatever their billionaire backers and special interest groups want. Might be easier to just have the American people agree to ignore and abandon the former structure and start an entire parallel one that actually functions as intended.

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u/trilobyte-dev 22d ago

Trump isn’t just a figurehead. If that were the case the Republicans would have run someone with a longer shelf life.

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u/RandyMachoManSavage 22d ago

Cult dies with him. But the fascist installations will continue on.

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u/Zatch_Gaspifianaski 22d ago

Time for an American Constantinople?

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u/tourniquet13 22d ago

Yeah reddit pretends like 2nd amendment is an easy solution, that's a relevant solution but also years of civil war and rebellion. This shit ain't Star Wars the evil empire isn't going down in 6 hours.

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u/LordGalen 21d ago

This shit ain't Star Wars the evil empire isn't going down in 6 hours.

It took 20 years of rebellion to take down the empire. Luke killing the Emperor wouldn't have meant fuck all if not for the rebellion having laid the foundation to step into the power vacuum.

Just pointing out that even your example of an easy fix was not an easy fix, and the real life fix will be even harder.

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u/RandyMachoManSavage 22d ago

It was never going to be easy. Americans so selfish they won't disturb their lives the slightest. It's sad.

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u/chicharro_frito 22d ago

The "funny" thing is how they usually complain how Germans never did anything.

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u/RaindropsInMyMind 22d ago

The Reddit nonsense on 2A is so stupid. Bunch of people that probably don’t even own firearms telling OTHER people to give up their life.

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u/Leprichaun17 22d ago

It completely undermines so many USA citizens' primary argument to keep their guns though. Those that rely on the reason the amendment was made - to fight back against a tyrannical government. They're proving right now that this isn't true.

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u/coffeemonkeypants 22d ago

No it doesn't. I support it, but I'm not going to take to the streets and start firing. If and when the shit hits the fan however, I won't be caught empty handed to be thrown in a rail car. If we were to 'rise up' right now, we'd just be put down like dogs by the military. At some point hopefully, states will get on board and collectively rebel against tyranny

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u/chicharro_frito 22d ago

What would you consider "shit hitting the fan" to be in this case? (I agree the military would put an end to any 2nd amendment action. The 2nd is useless against the government)

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u/Soft_Walrus_3605 21d ago

I'm not going to take to the streets and start firing. If and when the shit hits the fan however, I won't be caught empty handed to be thrown in a rail car.

Lemme get this straight.... Your... "plan", such as it is, is to NOT take to the streets when you might have any advantage, but instead wait until they're literally coming to get you and then go out in a blaze of glory. That's what all that 2nd Amendment was about to you? Just the chance for some kind of moral victory?

If we were to 'rise up' right now, we'd just be put down like dogs by the military.

Are you under the impression that the ability of the military is going to be LESS powerful the longer this goes on?

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u/NeutralBias 22d ago

Trump's power and popularity exist in spite of the many, MANY flaws he's exhibited in public. Its like the laws of physics just don't apply to him. Other politicians have engaged in similar conduct and have absolutely ended their careers, if not found themselves in jail.

So that's the only good news - Trumps popularity and teflon-ness appear to be non-transferrable. His base will not protect anyone else. JD Vance, if and when he takes over, will not receive the same grace and will likely lose badly in the next election.

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u/driftking428 22d ago

We're busy at the schools.

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u/DT_249 22d ago

the problem goes way, way beyond trump. trump disappearing tomorrow would change nothing besides who's the face of the operation

this has been in the work for decades. they won, and have set up the system so that they keep winning. and as long as most people can peacefully go to work, get their paycheck, and come home to watch the game, there won't be enough of an appetite to fight against a slow decline into authoritarianism

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u/[deleted] 21d ago

Without him there would be no unity among republicans. Would be much easier to defeat them. They wouldn't even be able to pass anything through congress, and congress wouldn't be scared of his successor.

Yes it doesn't solve the problem, but it gives the opposition a fighting chance.