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Re:Treasury agrees to block DOGE's access to personal taxpay... by flowerthoughts on Friday February 21, 2025 @02:37AM (#43125060)
It's a good story. Having a tangible villain helps some people internalize the message more easily than if it was a dry account with vague connections to reality. If you're out to "rally the troups", stirring up emotion is a required component.

Take CCP is an example to form an emotional attachment to.

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Re:Treasury agrees to block DOGE's access to personal taxpay... by omnimus on Friday February 21, 2025 @03:27AM (#43125338)
But the tangible villain is already there no? Musk?
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Re:Treasury agrees to block DOGE's access to personal taxpay... by jrs235 on Friday February 21, 2025 @06:57AM (#43126525)
The CCP is used to shake and wake the folks that see Musk as the hero and everything taking place as lovely. Since they only see a hero in the story a villian is introduced to attempt to make think about how things could go wrong.
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