Musk & DOGE SH*T "made the world sicker, poorer and more miserable. And it was all for nothing"

[Miles Archer]

Elon Musk thinks DOGE wasn’t worth it — hundreds of thousands of dead people agree
The MAGA tech billionaire says he wouldn’t work on something like the Department of Government Efficiency. It’s a shame that he ever did.

https://www.ms.now/opinion/elon-musk-doge-deadly-legacy

Members of DOGE with no government or foreign aid experience — such as 23-year-old computer programmer Luke Farritor or 19-year-old Edward Coristine, who went by “Big Balls” — were responsible for investigating USAID staff for evidence of “insubordination.” This allegation was then weaponized to destroy the entire agency. Musk declared: “USAID is a criminal organization. Time for it to die.” The following day, Musk said Trump had given him the authority to feed the agency into the woodchipper.

What a difference a few months can make. Musk has gone from swinging his chainsaw around at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), siccing his DOGE goons on career civil servants and bragging about his power to crush entire agencies to meekly arguing that he was a “little bit successful.”

But DOGE hasn’t just been exposed as a fiasco — it somehow accomplished the twin feats of utterly failing to reduce government spending in any meaningful sense and causing a global calamity at the same time.

DOGE will forever be a cautionary tale: This is what happened when messianic tech oligarchs and political neophytes were temporarily handed the reins of government. They didn’t just fail — they destroyed one of the U.S.’ most important organs of soft power. They made the world sicker, poorer and more miserable. And it was all for nothing.

[Kid Berwyn]

1. Well, it did advance Project 2025

Soon-to-be trillionaire and purebred NAZI Musk helped the planet’s rich destroy much of the strongest remaining obstacle to their greed — the US civil service.

[Miles Archer]

2. His two major "accomplishment," neither of which were part of the rationale that empowered him

1). He messed up agencies that had the regulatory authority to investigate his businesses

2). He "helped himself" to whatever data existed in the government databases and made a copy for himself...Social Security numbers, banking info, etc.

3).AND, because he sees Social Security as part of "the woke mind virus," he screwed up that agency so horribly that people can no longer get the help and assistance they need in a timely manner, whether it's in person or online or on the phone.

There are probably more, all unrelated to the lie about "cost savings." Those are the three big ones.

[rampartd]

8. major accomplishment , and he succeeded, was "shock and awe"

on trump's behalf, musk convinced me that trump had the will, and the power, to take down the usa and install a soviet republic.

those social security numbers and such give him the power to bankrupt anyone/.org who opposes him.

[popsdenver]

35. All of this is EXACTLY what happens.....

.........when you put a bunch of monkeys in a room, with bushel baskets of hand grenades, and lock the door....

except, in this case, the monkeys all figured out how to pull the pins and throw them.........

[Initech]

43. The Heritage Foundation can go shove Project 2025 where it doesn't shine.

If we ever get out of this, every single employee of that wretched organization needs to be dragged out in handcuffs.

[popsdenver]

51. Along with

All the Republican Senators, Republican House Members, Republican USSC Justices, Trump's cabinet, advisors, Republican Governors......Basically his entire Republican CABAL ......

Trump wouldn't have lasted one week after his January 2016 installation if they hadn't all been behind him 100%

[Initech]

52. And every single employee at Fox News too.

Trump wouldn't exist without them, they need to be held accountable too.

[Baitball Blogger]

3. Can the States sue him for the loss of revenue due to his incompetence?

[Miles Archer]

5. I don't know what can be done, or how "effectively" Republicans can block those efforts

Two questions I'd want answered:

1). Trump's comments on Musk and the "vote-counting computers." What exactly, specifically, is he referring to?

"He knows those computers better than anybody. All those computers. Those vote-counting computers," Trump told the crowd. "And we ended up winning Pennsylvania like in a landslide."

2). What exactly did Musk do with the data he "scraped" from government databases? And if he SOLD any of it, he belongs in a prison cell.

[Baitball Blogger]

13. A lot is riding on the 2026 midterms.

We'll have the ability to control the direction of the investigations if Democrats take over.

[Miles Archer]

16. It's a 2-parteer.

1). We have to pick up the seats, and

2). Democrats somehow have to become comfortable with dealing with Republicans as aggressively as they deal with Democrats.

REMEMBER THE "BIDEN IMPEACHMENTS?" They really got those across the finish line, didn't they?

But they DON'T CARE. It's all "performance art" for an audience of ONE.

You might have seen the thread I posted on Bennie Thompson questioning Kristi Noem. If not, here's a PBS recap:

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-rep-thompson-calls-on-noem-to-resign-for-making-america-less-safe

THIS is how we have to deal with REPUBLICANS, when we hold the actual power to see that justice is served. THIS is how to COMMUNICATE with them. No drama, no theatrics, Dems need to listen and watch and learn from Bennie.

[Uncle Joe]

4. It was for something, to line the pockets of the oligarchs, they needed a tax cut.

Inflation has caused private jets prices to skyrocket.

Thanks for the thread Miles Archer

[paleotn]

6. That's simply what fascist billionaires do.

[Blues Heron]

7. In other words for them it was a success. The media need to stop pretending the intentions are good.

[Botany]

9. Musk didn't like USAID because he is an Afrikaner from South Africa who was taught from his childhood...

… that black people especially the ones in Africa are inferior to white people and the enemy of
“what is good” about his world. The cuts to USAID has already caused at least a million deaths
in Africa. And Trump sees the world in the same sick racist way too.

(Bill) Gates on Musk: ‘World’s richest man killing the world’s poorest children.’

[Miles Archer]

11. I got spanked on DU the other day for referring to Musk as an Afrikaner

I didn't care, didn't reply.

He may not have a card in his walled stamped in bold red letters saying "I AM AN AFRIKANER," but in terms of their "belief system," he'll always be an Afrikaner to me.

[UpInArms]

30. I think you misspelled it, Miles

Nazi

[liberalgunwilltravel]

10. Anyone associated with DOGE

Should never have another peaceful day as long as they live.

[Johonny]

12. 2.3 trillion in debt in year one

Doge stole from the poor and gave to the rich. Thanks GOP voters, you assholes.

[dalton99a]

14. The asshole single-handedly dismantled large parts of our government for shits and grins

[Miles Archer]

17. There is a one element central to the pathology of Trump, Musk, and everyone like them

"I did it BECAUSE I CAN."

I saw a quote yesterday from Trump, who...before he demolished the East Wing...claimed he was told "SIR, you're the president, you can do anything you want with the White House."

It's always a "WHO'S GOING TO STOP ME" thing, and because Trump gave Musk a green light, no one was going to stop him until he got what he wanted.

[dalton99a]

19. +1

[MLWR]

15. "They made the world sicker, poorer and more miserable. And it was all for nothing."

And this doesn't even mention the cost of that incredibly stupid and illegal endeaver to US, THE TAXPAYERS. They should ALL be sued into oblivion.

[UpInArms]

31. It was all for

Power, disruption and the following chaos, in which they enrich themselves even more

[IronLionZion]

18. He should pay for the damage out of his own pocket

[gfarber]

20. DOGE Misdeeds

There once was a tycoon named Musk
Who decided that DOGE was a must.
With bravado and cheer,
He cried, “Chop it right here!”
Till regret left his vision quite husk.

Young coders with scarcely a clue
Were tasked with what nations must do.
They hunted “misdeeds,”
From their swivel chairs’ leads,
And called civil servants untrue.

A lad nicknamed “Big Balls,” nineteen,
Played watchdog for things unforeseen.
With no aid or state skill,
He accused with a will,
Then watched as an agency screamed.

“USAID’s criminal,” he lied,
“Feed it straight to the chipper,” he cried.
With a tweet and a grin,
He let hubris win—
And soft power was quietly fried.

At CPAC he brandished a saw,
Declared whole departments a flaw.
Months later, subdued,
He hedged and he rued:
“I was… somewhat successful,” he'd craw.

DOGE promised to trim every dime,
Slash spending, efficiency prime.
But it cut without sense,
Brought collapse, not expense—
And failed on both ledger and time.

A tale for the ages remains:
When amateurs seized governing reins,
They didn’t just miss—
They authored this mess,
Left the world poorer, sicker, in pain.

So carve it in verse and in stone:
When tech gods are handed the throne,
They don’t merely stall—
They dismantle it all,
And call nothing gained “worth the bone.”

[Seinan Sensei]

27. Trump does these things "because I can"

Billionaires do it for the $$$ - and we know “too much is never enough”

MAGAts do it because they are racist

Christian Nationalists do it because Jesus is coming again. When the last tree is cut down, the last ocean polluted, and the last resource depleted, then Jesus will show-up and “create a new heaven and a new earth.” No need, therefore, for clean energy and conservation.

[duckworth969]

38. Spot on

[Auggie]

22. Our revenge: Don't buy anything TESLA

[GiqueCee]

23. ALL of this malicious destruction...

... must be laid at the feet of Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, and his "Useful Idiot", Donald John Trump.
Trump has been in Putin's pocket for decades, and gladly does what he's told, so he's been Putin's willing tool to destroy America from within. Putin has harbored a white-hot hatred for the United States his entire life, and that's very likely the biggest reason he joined the KGB. Trump hates America because his malicious, greedy dreams have been constantly thwarted by something he hates even more: Laws and regulations. In his diseased mind, institutions like the judiciary exist only to serve his malign purposes; they're not supposed to get in his way.
It is an obscenity that those who have the power to rein in Trump's excesses are too chickenshit to defy him. They know that he makes a point of amassing volumes of dirt on those he considers enemies, real or imagined. And, being Republicans, they're more concerned with their reelection than with fulfilling their Oath of Office to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States from enemies foreign and domestic, so nothing has been said or done about Trump's brazen treachery.
The M$M is bought and paid for by his billionaire donors, and their fear of reprisal from his shadow militia of braindead supporters keeps any discussion of "Russia, Russia, Russia", as Trump labeled any potential investigation into his treason, from ever seeing the light of day. The proof of it is out there in plain sight; but his minions won't say the quiet part out loud, and threaten anyone who might with all manner of horrible consequences.
Here's hoping that, after a Blue Tsunami in '26, the new Democratic leadership in the House will splatter his fat, pimply ass all over the landscape with the exhaustively documented proof of his treason. Metaphorically speaking, of course. Heh, heh, heh. And they should make sure that the public knows that continued support of this monster by Senate Republicans will be the death knell of the political careers of those that don't wind up in prison.
I have a bottle of Dom Perignon chilling in anticipation of his demise, political or literal, which ever comes first.

[kacekwl]

24. DOGE is not a cautionary tale.

It was a massive overreach by insane Republicans and will certainly happen again in some form if they continue in power. Anyone who wss paying attention knew if trump was elected again this was going to happen in accordance with project 2025. The warnings were right in our faces and somehow they "won".

[CaptainTruth]

25. I will forever hate Musk for the damage he did to our country.

[Irish_Dem]

26. It was NOT all for nothing. Musk got all the data and back doors to the US Govt.

He and his minions have access to all govt payrolls and can bankroll themselves for life.
And have plenty of data and dirt to make a fortune.

[yellow dahlia]

28. This not efficiency, this a crime spree.

That was one side of my first protest sign this year.

The other side of the sign listed agencies that were being decimated. It was many, and that was early on.

[spooky3]

29. Author is Matt Johnson. Nt

[Hotler]

32. Musk & DOGE need indicted for identiy theft and violations of the HIPAA of millions of Americans.

Stealing ID's and personal info and medical records.

[BurnDoubt]

47. Yes, Please.

[3Hotdogs]

33. --- reminds me of a PBS documentary about 40 years ago. Chairman Mao came into power.

A problem came to his attention. Fucking birds were eating seeds and produce. The problem was, they stopped fucking and were just eating - --everything.

Mao's solution: A bounty of about .5 yen, dinero, shackles or whatever on dead birds. The documentary showed peasants, chasing birds to the point that they would tire, drop to the ground and get killed for the bounty. It worked. Millions of birds were killed.

Next year or so, the worst locust plague in centuries,

[duckworth969]

39. Lived in Shandong Province

for seven months.

And I kid you not, I saw ONE bird.

And the poor tiny little thing had a guy with a slingshot hunting it.

No joke.

Saw no cats either. The only dogs were on leashes.

But there were big ass rats in the alleyways…

[IronLionZion]

41. China has a pretty dead ecosystem. Any wildlife gets eaten

if pandas weren't federally protected, they'd be eaten.

[milestogo]

34. And a lot of us haven't found new jobs yet.

There was no assistance for those of us who just got dumped. No extension of unemployment benefits.

[J_William_Ryan]

36. "DOGE will forever be a cautionary tale..."

The problem is Republicans won’t learn from that tale, won’t learn from the failure that was ‘DOGE.’

They’ll continue to pursue the same failed, wrongheaded conservative dogma, she same failed, wrongheaded anti-government agenda continuing to harm millions of Americans.

[purr-rat beauty]

37. Why does he get a pass?

Hold him accountable for the damage the DOGEbags have wrought

[Scott Alan Swaggerty]

50. Yeah!

[Blue Owl]

40. And they want to make this fuck a trillionaire

My anger could power a small town….

[OldBaldy1701E]

42. Which is why he should be third in line for the docket.

After the orange gibbon and Nosferatu McGobbels.

And, right before J-unior D-eviant.

[Wednesdays]

44. It wasn't for nothing.

"We pwned da libs!"

[Justice matters.]

45. All for nothing. Just like Mussolini did, and Hitler too.

And now, just like Trump does.

[BurnDoubt]

46. Not For Nothing...

It did, after all give Musk and Kraznov a feeling of superiority and the accompanying Stiffy.
So... Not For Nothing.

[Jspur]

48. This POS cost me my job when DOGE got rid of my employers

government contract which cost me my Federal Contracting job. I hope people never forget the misery he has inflicted by getting people killed and also causing people to lose their jobs and livelihoods.

[Scott Alan Swaggerty]

49. K&R