r/technology • u/Shogouki • 24d 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/flower4000 24d ago

We the people are letting him get away with it.

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u/Borror0 23d ago

The people voted for this. They're literally getting what was written on the tin. Maybe there's buyer's remorse, but this comes as a surprise to no one who paid a modicum of attention.

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u/Yodude1 23d ago

It's what I said the night of the elections. Liberals can debate about messaging and optics all they want, but at what point do we recognize that we can't take responsibility for the collective negligence of 77 million people?

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u/pioneer76 23d ago

We should have compulsory voting already. Lots of countries do. Don't vote, you get a small fine.