• stoy@lemmy.zip
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    That seems like a huge inefficiency, DOGE should eliminate it.

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    I guess a few agents get to slack off for a while rather than actually work. I know if I were in their position, I’d just be “following up on possible leads” for a while.

    Honestly, for an FBI agent, it’s insulting to be asked to do special monitoring for an unelected official’s private business. They have more important things to do.

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      And hasn’t fElon already gone back to “save” the company, so he’s not even at DOGE anymore?

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    Fascism is just ultra capitalism in a trenchcoat wielding a flamethrower!

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    This really does illustrate the idea that police aren’t there to “serve and protect.” They are there to keep the common people in line so that the rich can stay safe.

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      Mask off moment. Their purpose is to protect capital. The only crimes that cops prevent are through deterrence because they are crime punishers, not crime preventers.

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        they are crime punishers, not crime preventers.

        This isn’t unique to the US. It is called law enforcement so even if it wasn’t a completely broken and horseshit system crime prevention would not be part of their purview.

        You prevent/reduce crime by addressing the underlying societal issues that are contributing to it.

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    If terrorism now means burning cars, what’s the word for killing people to terrorize?

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    Good! We’re FINALLY Solving REAL PROBLEMS!

    -This is LITERALLY What Conservatives think while CHILDREN ARE GUNNED DOWN IN SCHOOL, SHELVES ARE EMPTY OF GOODS, 401KS TANK AND ICE IS ALLOWED TO ENTER HOMES AND DEPORT PEOPLE WITHOUT WARRANTS OR CAUSE!

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    Is it illegal to Nelson laugh while pointing at swasticar enjoyers and calling them dorks?

    No? Then this is all a waste of time. I shall continue doing so unabated.

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      These days you don’t need to be committing a crime to get arrested. You just need to be annoying the wrong people.

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        You remember the video where someone filmed the rainbows a sprinkler made in the sun, and claimed it was proof that “they” are poisoning our water?

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      How thin does that metal paneling have to be to wilt due to brief exposure to fire?

      The Cybertruck makes vinyl home siding look more durable.

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    Republicans doing things to stop people from destroying cars but not children in schools. “Family values” party.

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      What he gets really irritated about is the fact that you have to file a flight plan and that flight plan has to be public, because obviously otherwise it wouldn’t work.

      So anyone at any time can track his plane, and no matter how rich he is, there is fuck all he can do about it

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        He could just take another form of transportation. There is no public records of cars driven or train tickets purchased.

        He could even fly with normal airlines so there would be no public record of his flight.