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Jessica Josephine's avatar

I am all for genuinely embracing novel thinking about the people and events we find ourselves among, including Trump who I don't think of as evil. I'm only going to address his and Washington's naive worship of people I do think of as evil, people like Musk and Thiel. I can only speak from my direct experience of how "tech" leaders run their businesses and with what kind of (in)competence. I don't understand the right's embrace of this unAmerican creep who genuinely is not applying any discretion or analysis; he's slashing and burning infrastructure he is rich enough to live without. https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-doge-cuts-federal-worker-firings-government-plan-2025-4?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Business%20Insider%20Today,%20April%2021,%202025

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DK Brainard's avatar

I totally get where you’re coming from. And thank you for the thoughtful response.

I’ve read enough Philip K. Dick to know that one should never, under any circumstances, go to Mars. Between that and Neuralink and using X data to train his AI, I have plenty of reasons for being suspicious of Musk.

And I agree with you on the creepiness of Musk, Thiel, Zuckerberg, Brin, Gates, et al.

On the other hand, I also don’t believe in the legitimacy of slavery (the U.S. Corporation or any other government that uses force to compel obedience and legalized theft), so my only beef with Elon as regards DOGE is that he won’t probably won’t gut nearly enough of the evil federal bureaucracy.

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Ron King's avatar

Excellent perspective, DK! Good to see you tossing the proverbial hat in the ring without fear.

Such a fascinating time to be alive as history unfolds. The truth does not hurt unless it is supposed to. The level of dystopia is astounding and will be the downfall of many, however, those that can adapt to the brutal truth will be part of a historic awakening and transformation.

Good luck in your endeavors!

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DK Brainard's avatar

Thank you, Ron! I feel like this moment is by far the biggest opening we’ve seen in our entire lifetime to change the word and make it beautiful and free and abundant. I believe in the awakening and transformation!

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Caroline Meyer's avatar

I used to respect your perspectives on how astrology translates into daily life. And I respect your right to your opinions. But vehemently disagree with your conspiracy theories. How can you laud evil men like Trump and Musk? Do you believe all of their lies about immigrants from Haiti eating their neighbours’ dogs? Do you support all the hate against LGBTQ people? If so, shame on you for supporting bigots.

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DK Brainard's avatar

“Remaining willfully ignorant in the presence of knowledge is the measure of a bad person.” - Mark Passio

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