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Re:The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Gov... by avmich on Monday February 03, 2025 @10:33PM (#42927514)
> 1. The devil doesn't need an advocate, he already has plenty of shills to advocate for him.

Yes, but - if you want to review your arguments, it might be still useful.

> But in a world where the courts and the cops are on your side, nothing needs to be legal anymore.

Maybe not legal - but effective it could be. As a recent example, Syria changed the people at power disregarding laws - cops and courts weren't enough to prevent it.

Re:The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Gov... by vkou on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @12:51AM (#42928552)
'Experiencing a Syrian-style civil war' is not exactly ranking highly on my bucket list.

There US state is also far more internally secure than the Syrian state ever was.