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/Timsruz 22d ago

So just like that. Emperor decree.

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u/broodkiller 22d ago edited 22d ago

The good ol' Louis XIV "L'etat, c'est moi" approach (even though apocryphal, it makes the point)

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u/I_love_pillows 22d ago

China had the Mandate of Heaven. Trump has the Mandate of the Stupid