It’s the art of the deal!

DOGE wasn’t about saving money, that was only the ruse, it was about collecting enough information on people, the government, the state to fine-tune AI on, so it could be sold to well, the governments and security forces - just like Musk’s AI is now. I remember calling it out and posting about it at the time DOGE was constantly in the news, only for (I presume) bot accounts to shoot me down.

Tariffs are not about Making American Great Again, another ruse, instead about insider trading. Manipulating the price of commodities like the reserve gold, copper tariffs make a predictable change to its price and attacking Europe / China hugely affects currencies and relevant stock in those markets.

This is where America is. Using the presidency as a position to make more money, not to lead a nation. It has been done subtly before for centuries with politicians taking sizeable back handers for certain favours, but now, this is on a whole new level and there is no turning back. The country is powerless to stop it.

A persons online world is shaped depending on which states’ bots they read - and they’re so manipulative people will end up believing them,

There is no fixing it. Each American government is about manipulation of the whole country and making more money for themselves and others.

        • krashmo@lemmy.world
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          2 days ago

          Strike, subvert, assassinate, etc. All the things we’re hoping someone else will do for us so we don’t have to.

        • SoupBrick@pawb.social
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          2 days ago

          Get connected with your community if you haven’t already. As things get worse we will only have power as a group, not individuals.

          The more isolated people are, the less they will be able to stand up to fascism.

          If you want to get creative, you can find ways to resist the current actions. Just do a bit of research to find out how to gum up the gears.

          • FlexibleToast@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            2 days ago

            So, I’m other words, nothing I can do as a single citizen. Even as a collective, without buy in from someone with power there isn’t much we can do.

            • SoupBrick@pawb.social
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              2 days ago

              You can volunteer to help the people who are already suffering. If you are talking about affecting major change in the political landscape, you can run for office if you are eligible.

              Change takes time and effort, you can either contribute to the efforts or throw up your hands and give up.

              Look at the Zohran Mamdani campaign. 26k people canvassing for him. Those are just normal people who are just like you. They are helping create what could be a new wave of politicians that are focused on helping people rather than satisfying PACs.

              At the end of the day it is not really a question of what can you do, but how much effort are you willing to put in.

              https://jacobin.com/2025/06/zohran-mamdani-canvassing-nyc-mayor