r/SelfAwarewolves Nov 21 '24

"DOWN with the unelected Bureaucrats!" shout the unelected new bureaucrats.

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2.7k Upvotes

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u/mazerrackham Nov 21 '24

I still think its hilarious that the "Department of Government Efficiency" needs two people to be in charge of it.

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u/funkyloki Nov 21 '24

Everything about this administration is fucking ridiculous, and they haven't even transitioned in yet.

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u/Ertai2000 Nov 21 '24

and they haven't even transitioned in yet.

Are they even going to be able to transition with all the anti-trans regulations they want to pass?

sorry

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u/dunnley Nov 21 '24

you best take that sorry back now as that was 10/10. If I had reddit awards, I would give one. I cackled so hard I scared my cat, LOL 😹

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u/Ertai2000 Nov 21 '24

Haha I'm glad I'm scaring cats via my online comments! :D

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u/New-acct-for-2024 Nov 21 '24

And that the claimed mission of DOGE is redundant because the GAO has existed with that purpose for over a century.

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u/VegetableOk9070 Nov 21 '24

Jesse Armstrong of succession and peep show predicted this with "CE-Bros." If you've watched the show you'll get it.

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u/chrisrobweeks Nov 21 '24

You just know Leon pitched that name and thinks it's hilarious. How many 69420 references will we see.

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u/nmtbb Nov 22 '24

So tell me more about this amazing man who is wise in the ways of efficiency. Actually there are two of them...

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u/DaveLanglinais Nov 22 '24

Bhahaha - that hadn't occurred to me, but that's really goddamn funny!

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u/darkknight95sm Nov 25 '24

In fairness, Elon is probably is pretty busy tweeting, playing Elden Rings, and bothering his engineers with dumb ideas at 3 in the morning

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u/MeshGearFoxxy Nov 21 '24

I suspect they’re well aware of the irony. It’s a joke to them: people’s lives and livelihoods.

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u/OssumFried Nov 21 '24

Oh they will be cackling their way to the bank as they fleece as much as they can off the idiots who voted for this.

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u/Datelesstuba Nov 21 '24

They named it fucking doge.

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u/MeshGearFoxxy Nov 21 '24

They pretend they’re mocking democrat voters, but they’re really mocking their own people. Sick stuff, turns out there really is an evil cabal of elites after all.

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u/OliviaWG Nov 21 '24

The cruelty is the point

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u/Bluewhalepower Nov 21 '24

Funny how they’re going to slash the government’s budget, but RFK is gonna need a bunch of cash to lead his MAHA bullshit. This administration is fucked. What a bunch of clowns.

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u/levajack Nov 21 '24

It's too bad that the rest of us get to experience the Find Out era from the 76 million people who decided to Fuck Around.

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u/chaos8803 Nov 21 '24

The only solution I have is to laugh when the leopard eats their face and shove their choices down their throats.

"Oh, they cut Medicare? Of course they did, they've been saying it for years and you still voted for it."

"What's that? Our school performance has gotten worse because wrestling lady doesn't know shit about education? Who could have seen that coming? It's a shame someone who would pick qualified people wasn't elected."

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u/Little_Lebowski_007 Nov 22 '24

B-b-but eggs got expensive while Biden was President! And Roe v. Wade was overturned under Biden! Things were better under Trump (until 2020)

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u/DaveLanglinais Nov 22 '24

MAHA??

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u/MathKnight Nov 22 '24

I'm going to guess Make America Healthy Again, since RFK Jr. has been the one to get the nom for HHS.

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u/DaveLanglinais Nov 22 '24

Ah. Okay, that makes sense.

Which actually scares me a little, because it makes more sense than RFK Jr himself does.

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u/eraser8 Nov 21 '24

Regulations are demonized to the public as inventions by bureaucrats who just who just want big government.

Regulations are, in fact, the way laws are implemented. Every regulation is based on a law enacted by the Congress or by an executive order. They're not meant to hurt people; they're meant to orderly put law into action.

Source: guy who used to work in the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs.

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u/Avenger_616 Nov 21 '24

And to prevent death by the same action that necessitated the regulation 

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u/StillwaterSloth Nov 22 '24

Regulations are written in blood.

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u/DryLipsGuy Nov 21 '24

Most - if not all - safety regulations exist because someone died or was seriously injure. But pea brains think it's because beaucrats need to justify their jobs.

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u/DaveLanglinais Nov 22 '24

Well that and protect things. Whether that's rights, health and safety, healthy free market competition, or the environment. That's kind of the whole point of regulations.

But also well-said, I merely wanted to add onto your point!

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u/Pelican_meat Nov 21 '24

I WONDER IF NASA IS ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK

HMMMMMMMMMMMM

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u/ultimateknackered Nov 21 '24

'You guys aren't really using all of those facilties, that's all SpaceX traffic anyway. Efficiency! -hands everything to SpaceX-'

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u/DaveLanglinais Nov 22 '24

HOLY SHIT, I DIDN'T EVEN THINK OF THAT.....

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u/Icelandia2112 Nov 21 '24

The largest grift in US history, "hidden" behind a meme.

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u/Frankie6Strings Nov 21 '24

Twice in the last 15 years or so an unelected Republican has derailed bipartisan border legislation, then the Republicans blame the Democrats. It's insane.

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u/TigerITdriver11 Nov 21 '24

....oh but you see that's different /s

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u/crazy-voyager Nov 21 '24

So instead of government providing direction and goals they’re going to write technical regulation? I’m sure politicians are better at this than administrators with technical backgrounds and relevant experience…

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u/PatriarchPonds Nov 21 '24

Me when I learn of the civil service's existence in a state, irrespective of its political system:

... mild shock?

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '24

The Three Stooges.

Heartless, rich assholes making cuts to social welfare programs. What could possibly go wrong?

FU, Trump supporters.

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u/Ok_Dog_4059 Nov 22 '24

Co lead. That has to really smart for each of them. I imagine the episode of scrubs when the two were made co doctor what ever and these two slap fighting over who has the biggest side of the desk.