cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/28539608
Speculation of Tesla CEOās possible departure comes as his influence in the administration appears to wane
Elon Musk is reportedly set to leave his government role because heās tired of the what he sees as a litany of vicious and unethical attacks from the left, according to a report from The Washington Post.
It remains unclear when Musk will depart as head of DOGE; his special government employee status will expire at the end of next month. A person familiar with his thinking told The Post that Musk thinks that his work at DOGE wonāt be diminished because of his departure, noting that staffers have already established themselves across a slew of federal agencies.
But speculation of Muskās possible departure comes as his influence in the administration appears to wane. The New York Times reported last week that the acting commissioner of the IRS was being replaced after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent complained that Musk had his preferred candidate installed without Bessentās support. Musk has also annoyed other cabinet members by failing to coordinate with them in cost-cutting moves.
Bullying power in general as well. Progressives have been too soft on liberals too and always let them run the show. But the reality is itās always harder to rally people when things seem to be going ok and the crisis is muffled rather than blatantly obvious. Kinda how we never go to the dentist when nothing hurts even though we really shouldnāt wait until it does. Anyway, hope something meaningful comes of this resistance because this fascist stage is still a stage of neoliberalism, like thatās where the root cause is.
I know itās not your point, but you really should go to the dentist regularly, not just when something hurts. Take care of your teeth and theyāll take care of you!
Itās definitely my point! Thatās exactly why I used that analogy :)
We should tend to our teeth, our environment and our political environment as well ā and they will, as you say, take care of us. The ācavitiesā in American politics started waaaay before Trump. Trump is when they reached the nerve. (I hope I said that correctly, ESL here.)
Now I find that this all depends on the character of your dentistā¦
Regular visits to many dentists I have known in my life result in un-necessary procedures, additional pain and lower quality of life in general as compared to if you had just stayed the hell away and taken decent care of your own teeth at home. Yes, this is unethical, but in my life experience 9/10 dentists I have visited are unethical and do push any procedure they think they can sell you, particularly if the procedure is covered by your insurance.
If we could get a ārealā dentist rating system going where you could judge them before experiencing the high-pressure sales pitch from authority while you are in the chair under the light, we might make some positive progress. Good dental practices are good for the patients. Un-necessary deep scale cleanings, recession reconstructions, drill and fill of not-really cavities and so many other things have given dentists in general a bad reputation IMO.
Youāre right but I wasnāt going for a ādentist = political partyā analogy. More like a āget your teeth taken care of = keep power in check through public pressureā analogy (to be clear, only voting doesnāt count as pressure) .
I keep hoping that this cycle will be the one that demonstrates that we need real transparency, real accountability, and real limits of power to screw around in the name of ānational emergency.ā
Of course, when half the people who vote vote for lunacy, lunacy is what you get.
I completely agree.