‘They sowed chaos to no avail’: the lasting legacy of Elon Musk’s Doge

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/01/elon-musk-doge-legacy-government

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tym@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 226d (5 replies)
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AbidanYre@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 226d (1 reply)

Which sword was that exactly? He's still the richest person on the planet and hasn't faced any consequences whatsoever.

CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 226d

His stock took a minor dip until the cultbros upped their doses of Extreme Hopium when it comes to Tesla....while not at the insane levels of 2020 (> 1000), is now trading at P/E ratios in the absurd stratosphere again - JFC, 310.

Also, he had to "endure" seeing people spray-paint and set on fire Teslas and so on, the poor dear. I mean....can you even IMAGINE, it was just like the Bataan Death March or going to the gulags for fElon...

QueenMidna@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 225d (2 replies)

The ads on the mobile version of the observer site are a bit much. The UI itself is a bit rough too IMO

tym@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 224d (1 reply)
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QueenMidna@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 223d

When trying to get everyday people to digest this content, yes, you do need to make it readable. How inconvenient.

homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 226d (2 replies)

No avail? They fucking devastated huge sections of the government, stole data and looted everything they could find!

No avail. fuck

mriguy@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 225d (1 reply)

Yeah, I think they achieved their goals of crippling the US for the forseable future. Mission accomplished.

atropa@piefed.social · 0 pts · 224d
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thatradomguy@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 224d

"chaos" is literally sugar coating to make the whole thing seem like it was some innocent child's runbook. They were, in totality, unprofessional, undignified, uneducated, irresponsible, and unlawful--to say the LEAST.

melsaskca@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 224d

The lasting legacy of Elon will be loving and emulating Hitler.

reddig33@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 224d

I expect better reporting from The Guardian. It’s bizarre to run a story with this headline after publishing the following just a couple of days ago about DOGE’s true motives:

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/dec/30/elon-musk-doge-impact-us-government