Meh, if what he is doing is so bad, and enough people think that, then in four years vote in a dem who can change it all back.
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andMoonsValue@lemmy.world 5 days agoI’m sorry that you feel that way. If you’re uncomfortable giving your opinion I can give mine and see if we have any middle ground. From my perspective, DOGE is an attempt to repeat what was done to Twitter on a much larger scale. The U.S economy is crashing hard as a result. I’m legitimately concerned the damage DOGE has done to the U.S government will be permanent. The cutting of research and government programs at this level will have lasting impacts that will reduce the quality of life of Americans for generations. I can elaborate further if you want. I understand others gut reactions to down vote your comments and your posts when they disagree but this is a conservative community. I’m clearly not conservative but respect that people have other political views. Perhaps I’m an optimist but I think if platforms like Lemmy don’t allow those on the other side of political spectrum to have conversations then it pushes people into their own echo chambers further polarizing the individual. I hope you feel more comfortable to share your personal opinion on what is happening in future. Given how extreme it is, I think its necessary to really understand what is happening.
barrygoldwater@lemmy.wtf 5 days ago
andMoonsValue@lemmy.world 5 days ago
I get what you’re saying but at the same time, it is much easier to tear things down then build them up. If you fire everyone that manages social security for example, it will be very difficult/costly to train up all new people. This isn’t some policy that can just be reversed and that’s the end of it. I’ll reiterate, I truly think think the damage being done will lower the standard of living for Americans for generations to come and that really saddens me.
barrygoldwater@lemmy.wtf 5 days ago
I’ll reiterate, I truly think think the damage being done will lower the standard of living for Americans for generations to come and that really saddens me.
And I disagree.
NotSerious@lemm.ee 4 days ago
You don’t think cutting social security, Medicare, Medicaid, veterans benefits and other social safety nets won’t harm Americans? How exactly do you think it will make things better or stay the same?
Firing 100k-200k federal jobs will have trickle down effects like Reagan could only dream of.
How is selling government property going to help anyone? We already have an over abundance of office space, now we are going to dump more sqft into the market? What will that do to prices of commercial property?
How will anything doge is doing HELP you?
barrygoldwater@lemmy.wtf 4 days ago
If you fire everyone that manages social security for example, it will be very difficult/costly to train up all new people.
I’m sure they can be trained pretty quickly. Just like any job that has to hire new people.
barrygoldwater@lemmy.wtf 4 days ago
There have been lots of new comments since you posted. Please refresh the thread and you will see exactly what I was talking about. This thread is a mess of negativity now! lol
aubeynarf@lemmynsfw.com 5 days ago
OP is one of the most prolific posters here, operating several accounts and sometimes posting 50+ times a day.
His salient trait is that he wants to control the narrative but claim “it’s just an article”, and “I don’t want to be attacked”.
The reason he feels attacked is because he made an absolute ass of himself and his inauthentic behavior became very obvious.
andMoonsValue@lemmy.world 5 days ago
I guess I didn’t realize that he floods these communities…
I was just struck by a conservation I had with a family member recently that made me want to start commenting on these communities. I was telling the family member about Lemmy/Mastodon and urged them to join but they said their “crowd” was on X. I did realize certain articles posted to conservative communities get down voted to oblivion while the same article on a news community will get hundreds of up votes.
I want the fediverse to be open to all even those with differing opinions…
What makes you think OP is operating several accounts? Why flood such dead communities?
aubeynarf@lemmynsfw.com 4 days ago
His interaction and writing style is easy to recognize, under a previous username he boasted about having dozens of accounts and using them to flood/control narratives, and he posts literally identical links seconds apart under different accounts - easy to recognize.
Majorllama@lemmy.world 4 days ago
So if I am understanding your logic correctly you believe this is the same guy behind this account as “many others”. And your proof is that they have the same writing style?
I’m sorry but I don’t think that’s gonna hold up in a court of law. Good luck with that lmao.
barrygoldwater@lemmy.wtf 4 days ago
lol Riiiggght. Listen to yourself. You are sounding super paranoid. You need to stop taking Lemmy so seriously.
Hey, I know! How about you don’t click on any article links that I post. And why are you even in a conservative community if you are so against me posting stuff here?!
You’re behavior is so strange here. And if you keep accusing me of having multiple accounts, I’ll start to report your posts. You are off topic and should be discussing the articles.
And for the record, even tho I DON’T have multiple accounts, there is nothing on Lemmy that says it’s against the rules to have as many accounts as you want.
Calm down. You seem unwell. Seriously.
WrenFeathers@lemmy.world 4 days ago
barrygoldwater@lemmy.wtf 4 days ago
I have never harrassed over PM nor have I even sent a PM on Lemmy. What?! Do you have proof of this?
Please post any proof you have on this.
SeanBrently@lemm.ee 4 days ago
This isn’t about having a different opinion though, if that were the case then the people who hold these “opinions” could at least occasionally back them up with a reason, or some ideological framework from which these opinions are produced. But there never seems to be any actual reasoning behind these various opinions. The card says moops
barrygoldwater@lemmy.wtf 4 days ago
I don’t write the articles and there is no Lemmy rule that I have to “back up” shit just because I post a fucking link to an article. Just don’t read the article. lol
barrygoldwater@lemmy.wtf 4 days ago
I don’t. And that posters crazed response was what I’m talking about. Many posters on Lemmy get so enraged coming across a different political opinion that they start pointing the finger and anyone who disagrees with them and makes up some grand conspiracy of vast spy operations, multiple accounts, bots, etc. It’s fucking weird! lmao
Feel free to look at my post history. It’s public. I don’t post 50 times a day. I legit have no idea what that poster is going on about. It’s great that they proved my example to you about people like that though. Now you know…lol
Yep. I have been banned from communities just because I post in this community. I’ve had science articles from AP News downvoted simply because they look at my post history and see that I have posted links to conservative articles. It’s crazy.
But don’t let that turn you off of Lemmy. I love Lemmy and I’ll never leave. But many here can be um, pretty passionate, about things and actually stalk your posts. lol
I asked that poster the same thing. Not only that, but I’m posting conservatie articles to conservative communties. How is that “flooding” Lemmy?!
Not only that, you can just “block” a community and you’ll never see the posts there. So why doesn’t that poster just block conservative communities?! I’ve never posted my articles to a community that didn’t fit the communities theme/guidelines.
Again, don’t let postes like that turn you off of Lemmy. You can also just block individual posters and never see their posts as well.
The only way people like that are seeing my articles is by purposely not blocking me or conservative-themed communities.
They seem to like to be upset. Very strange.
barrygoldwater@lemmy.wtf 4 days ago
What? This is my only account. And I don’t post 50 times a day.
I’m not feeling attacked at all. What is going on with you? What are you even talking about? I’ve never made an ass of myself and I stand by everything I’ve said on Lemmy.
I’m also not a socialist and I don’t support Jill Stein. You sound like someone who’s having a stroke.
Was that comment meant for me?! Because nothing you are saying has anything to do with me. What “inauthentic behavior” are you talking about???
lol
WrenFeathers@lemmy.world 4 days ago
SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Is this Barry Goldwater or Donald J Musk?
barrygoldwater@lemmy.wtf 4 days ago
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