Summary
Trump and Elon Musk’s campaign to cut federal employees has spurred mass layoffs, protests, and a new wave of resistance. Once apolitical, workers now say they have been ‘radicalized,’ leaking internal documents, filing lawsuits, and rallying online.
Musk’s DOGE has forced out thousands through controversial ‘deferred resignations’ and rushed performance tests. Some Republicans warn about compassion, but many support Trump’s push to slash staff.
The fired workers highlight harm to public services, arguing the cuts undermine democracy.
They vow continued opposition, while seeking broader political engagement.
Not capitalism. Authoritarian fascists. Capitalism has its own set of issues, but let’s not forget any kind of authoritarian government is shit.
You can separate capitalism from fascism as one side of the coin with the other. Capitalism invented fascism to defend it when the nation/state couldn’t anymore, against labor and unionism of late 19th century. From paid thugs shooting strikers to off duty cops carrying assassinations, torture and terrorism, to the evolution of a pseudo-ideology to take over Germany and attack the Soviet-Union, which in their eyes was the source of the problems western industrialists faced. Fascism grows from inside the very nature of capitalism and it is inseparable.
I’m sorry, I don’t talk to Wumaoski.