It’s Okay To Trust DOGE To Cut Cut Cut: Stream

The US Office of Personal Management reported in 2017, the latest date I could find, that there were, summed across all territories, types, and geographic areas, 1,869,986 Federal civilian employees.

None of these people were elected.

These unelected employees had, and have, access to your data. Employees at the IRS, for instance, know how much money you made, from whom, when, and how much in taxes you paid—or didn’t pay.

The good people at the FBI, CIA, and especially NSA, were also not elected. These agencies spy on citizens routinely, and more vigorously after the poorly named Patriot Act. The wealth of data they have collected is inspiring.

Who’s Calling?

It’s not just the government. As I mentioned before, if you carry a cellphone, your carrier knows everywhere you’ve been, when you were there, for how long. They know who you called or messaged, where the person was that you called, and for how long. They have the contents of your messages. They know what apps you are using, and can access which sites you have visited, when, and so forth. To say that your carrier can paint a vivid portrait of you is a charming understatement.

No employee or official at your cellphone company was elected. Neither were any of the people at the various medical, insurance, or any other private establishments with which you have had data dealings.

Choosing Teams

Elon Musk heads DOGE, the Department of Government Efficiency. Musk, as we now hear almost daily, was not elected, nor were the vigorously effective people under him.

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Crying Wolf

Naomi Wolf failed to understand this in a recent popular article in which she called Musk running DOGE a “digital coup”. She thinks Musk following Trump’s orders will make him “more powerful than any nation-state, more powerful than the WEF and the WHO, more powerful than any prime minister, and more powerful than any other CEO or leader of any other set of corporations.”

Dude. That’s a lot of power. …

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