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Elon Musk to lead new efficiency department named after his favourite cryptocurrency (www.telegraph.co.uk)

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Tesla mogul will head up Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) with Vivek Ramaswamy, to ‘dismantle bureaucracy and slash regulations’

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[–] TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 50 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This is beginning to sound a lot like Cyberpunk. Corporations act like governments while NUSA takes a backseat.

[–] BlackLaZoR@fedia.io 29 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Mike Pondsmith just extrapolated the trends he saw in the society - corporatism, drugs, plastic surgeries, stress, crime, prostitution. He just pushed these things to the extreme and put in scifi setting. This isn't just Trump thing, this is happening for decades now.

[–] TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 days ago

c/PondsmithWasRight? Anyone?