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0 pointsSirMaster1y ago0 comments

> subject to stringent governmental controls

Isn't the current admin trying to do the opposite?

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We aren't there yet. These people are not anti-regulation, they are anti-regulation that prevents them from making the most money so for the time being they will gut the environment and other safety regulations. We haven't gotten to the mass regulatory capture part that shuts out competitors yet.

macintux1y ago

The goal isn’t to reduce government power, but to rip out the current structures that maintain the status quo (and obey the constitution, comply with the law, annoying priorities like that) and replace them with structures that will swear fealty to the king.

funcDropShadow1y ago

Then, why is Doge flagging things like funding gender-change surgery abroad instead?

92834092321y ago

Steve Bannon explains this very well. It's called "flooding the zone." Because people can only focus on 1 thing at a time, fascists do 5 things at a time. The media focuses on one thing while they make progress on the other 4. The culture war nonsense has proven to be delicious bait for the media and now so has DEI.

macintux1y ago

Using culture wars to attack foreign aid is a decades-old strategy of the GOP.

Entirely eliminating foreign aid would not meaningfully reduce the scope & power of the federal government in the U.S. (although obviously it harms our soft power abroad and there are millions of people who will be directly and indirectly impacted).

davkan1y ago

I agree deregulation is a focus of the current admin but there is also control. See pam bondi threatening to prosecute private companies with DEI programs. If you consider healthcare to be industry it would be one of our largest and he has implemented anti trans control there as well.

I expect overall deregulation regarding safety and environment etc will continue but alongside it there will be strict directives that comport with the right wing social and ideological agendas.

leovingi1y ago

>See pam bondi threatening to prosecute private companies with DEI programs

And previously private companies were being threatened with lawsuits due to disparate impact in hiring, which lead to the creation of said DEI programs

If you consider the current situation control and a precursor towards fascism, you have to consider the past situation in the same light

littlestymaar1y ago

But who threatened? If you fail to see the difference between legal actions from private entities and threats by a government that shows it doesn't feel bounded by laws (see illegal actions from the memecoin department) then you should probably refrain from giving your opinion…

davkan1y ago

No, i would consider the prior to be in the vein of civil rights if I believed it happened in an even remotely similar way.

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macintux1y ago

funcDropShadow1y ago

Then, why is Doge flagging things like funding gender-change surgery abroad instead?

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macintux1y ago

Using culture wars to attack foreign aid is a decades-old strategy of the GOP.

davkan1y ago

I expect overall deregulation regarding safety and environment etc will continue but alongside it there will be strict directives that comport with the right wing social and ideological agendas.

leovingi1y ago

>See pam bondi threatening to prosecute private companies with DEI programs

And previously private companies were being threatened with lawsuits due to disparate impact in hiring, which lead to the creation of said DEI programs

If you consider the current situation control and a precursor towards fascism, you have to consider the past situation in the same light

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davkan1y ago

No, i would consider the prior to be in the vein of civil rights if I believed it happened in an even remotely similar way.

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