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Re:A Letter to the American People by rufus_foreman on Saturday March 01, 2025 @07:26PM (#43225753)
So tell me, how do you start a business in the US?

If you have Transportation, Justice, Labor, Interior, and Agriculture departments, as well as the National Labor Relations Board, EEOC, EPA, SEC, FCC, FTC to answer to, how do you do it?

How do you start a business in the US?

That fucking pisses me off. I know that's not the intent of your post, but that really does piss me the fuck off.

Re:A Letter to the American People by hypothesis on Saturday March 01, 2025 @07:36PM (#43225810)
On an off chance you are serious, here is one option:

https://www.sos.ca.gov/business-programs/business-entities/s...

Otherwise, wait until fascists complete their takeover, it will certainly be much easier then.

Re:A Letter to the American People by rufus_foreman on Saturday March 01, 2025 @07:53PM (#43225918)
The fascists that want to reduce the size of the federal government? Those fascists?
Re:A Letter to the American People by hypothesis on Saturday March 01, 2025 @07:56PM (#43225941)
Yes, the ones currently plundering and sending money to their private companies. I’m not sure what argument you’re trying to make with this.
Re:A Letter to the American People by rufus_foreman on Saturday March 01, 2025 @08:02PM (#43225966)
The argument I am making is crystal clear. We will fight against fascism, we will fight against control by the federal government.

We will fight for freedom. You will fight against that. We will win.

Re:A Letter to the American People by hypothesis on Saturday March 01, 2025 @08:54PM (#43226323)
Yup, that’s what I thought.

“The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”

Re:A Letter to the American People by rufus_foreman on Saturday March 01, 2025 @11:10PM (#43227181)
“The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”

That's you!

Trump Derangement Syndrome has really done a number on your head.

Re:A Letter to the American People by bix6 on Saturday March 01, 2025 @08:53PM (#43226302)
Fascism isn’t defined by the size of the government. This is a weak argument that only works in a vacuum.
Re:A Letter to the American People by patcon on Sunday March 02, 2025 @02:01AM (#43228077)
Reducing what? Reducing why? Reducing where? The choices have meaning, and your neglecting to address that show your wilful ignorance.

My insisting you lose weight in your GUT is not the same as losing weight in your SKULL. Where, when, how fast determines whether fitness, torture, or murder.

BE MORE DISCERNING

Re:A Letter to the American People by belZaah on Sunday March 02, 2025 @07:23AM (#43229739)
The truly horrible thing is, that it might not be possible. That the federal government has grown so complex, that it is no longer possible to maintain a modicum of control or to stop its further growth without destructive action. Simply because it is beyond anyone to refactor the thing is a more constructive manner.
Re:A Letter to the American People by shakes_mcjunkie on Monday March 03, 2025 @04:01AM (#43239813)
Uh there are plenty of people with constructive ideas about government reform.
Re:A Letter to the American People by Breza on Friday March 07, 2025 @10:46AM (#43291087)
Congress needs to be responsible for restructuring the government. Even if you support what President Trump is doing, it'll all be reversed on day 1 of the next Democratic administration. Avoiding this kind of yoyoing every four years is one of the reasons the Founding Fathers made all proposed major changes to the government receive public debate and approval at least five times (House+Senate committee then House+Senate floor then president).
Re:A Letter to the American People by regularjack on Monday March 03, 2025 @04:49PM (#43247253)
Yes, those
Re:A Letter to the American People by bearjaws on Sunday March 02, 2025 @08:10AM (#43230164)
Yeah nobody has managed to make a successful business in the USA in 30 years, including Elon.

Nope, it's simply impossible. Look at all the failures like Tesla, SpaceX, Meta, Rivian, Bluesky, etc.

Someone think of the CEOs!

Re:A Letter to the American People by GeneralMayhem on Sunday March 02, 2025 @09:49PM (#43237777)
One could start by not violating every labor, environmental, and financial law all at once. Does it make more sense that every business in the US has the constant attention of every federal agency? Or that Elon has done some particular things - for instance, things he's constantly bragging about on his own social media sites - that would tend to arouse suspicion, if not serve as direct evidence, that he's in violation of obvious regulations?
Re:A Letter to the American People by johnnyanmac on Tuesday March 04, 2025 @01:59PM (#43258647)
I assure you, you have to go out of your way to be as unethical as possible... and you still won't get investigated this hard.

Now when you do that while sucking up hundreds of billions of contracts... yeah, your contractor is gonna start asking questions.