DOGE Puts $1 Spending Limit on Government Employee Credit Cards

Re:DOGE Puts $1 Spending Limit on Government Employee Credit... by mindslight on Thursday February 20, 2025 @06:37PM (#43121990)

meta: it's interesting because this kind of disingenuous "Just asking questions. I'd love to know more!" had been pretty effective at shutting down conversation when the topics were abstract. People were inevitably tired of explaining the same things over and over to a contingent that didn't want to understand.

But now that our country is being imminently destroyed by these treacherous looters, there are enough people ready to immediately jump in with straightforward answers that the FUD is a mere speed bump, making the technique pretty useless for shutting down discussion and consensus.

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Re:DOGE Puts $1 Spending Limit on Government Employee Credit... by averageRoyalty on Thursday February 20, 2025 @08:47PM (#43123123)

I'm not from your country and don't follow its politics closely. The GP had said that the intent had been clearly written but provided no breadcrumbs for me to research further.

Your country makes up 5% of the worlds population, the other 95% of us are not all following that closely and certainly not trying to commit some form of sabotage by asking for more information.

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Re:DOGE Puts $1 Spending Limit on Government Employee Credit... by mindslight on Thursday February 20, 2025 @09:57PM (#43123488)

You're voluntarily in a thread about US politics. If this is your first such thread, reading it would have gotten you the background.

Also, the "I haven't seen" construction is quite dodgy on its own, as it has become common pattern of the neofascists to feign ignorance rather than acknowledge details.

If it was really an innocent one time question, you're certainly not the only one to have been harmed by this destruction.

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Re:DOGE Puts $1 Spending Limit on Government Employee Credit... by averageRoyalty on Monday February 24, 2025 @04:31AM (#43157518)

There were about 10 comments on the brand new thread at the time. I replied in context to someone saying "these people" are trying to "destroy the country" and have written openly about it. There was not enough context at the time for me to research further, so I asked for more information.

I'm not aware of any HN rule for you to need to be a subject matter expert to participate and ask questions.

I'm not across "neofascist" playbooks, but I assume if you provide evidence backing up a claim you've made then it strengthens the claim to those reading it.

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