Looks to me as if an active coup is currently under way.
And we're going to find out if there's anyone in Washington who's going to try to stop it.
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Looks to me as if an active coup is currently under way.
No, people are all talk. Very few people wanna do anything uncomfortable. Not only that, fed workers get paid good and have amazing benefits. They'll bitch and moan, but very few will do anything drastic.
It's really sort of astonishing sometimes how complete your lack of integrity is.
So much for a coup happening LMAO
Stephen Miller reveals a 'large' number of federal workers have accepted Trump's buyout and will resign. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14348179/Stephen-Miller-reveals-large-number-federal-workers-accepted-Trumps-buyout-resign.html
It’s really sort of astonishing sometimes how complete your lack of integrity is.
Tell me - do you apply this "logic" in other situations?
Like, for instance, if someone were to walk up to you on the street and say, "You can either give me all your money or I'll beat you up and take it from you," and you were to then give them your money, that would somehow not count as a robbery since you "accepted" their "offer"?
Ah, but that'll have to just be a rhetorical question, since the one thing that you'll never do is actually answer it honestly...
It’s really sort of astonishing sometimes how complete your lack of integrity is.
Thanks, I appreciate that you think I'm astonishing!
Like, for instance, if someone were to walk up to you on the street and say, “You can either give me all your money or I’ll beat you up and take it from you,” and you were to then give them your money, that would somehow not count as a robbery since you “accepted” their “offer”?
Equating someone volutnerally accepting severance to a robbery is hilarious. And rediculous.
The comparison you've drawn between accepting a severance package and being robbed under threat of violence is hilarious and misleading. lol
A severance package is contractual and consensual. It's an offer made by an employer to an employee that includes benefits the employee is not automatically entitled to, in exchange for certain things like waiving the right to sue or agreeing to a non-compete clause.
Employees have the choice to accept or decline based on their assessment of their personal and financial situation—there is no coercion involved. Unlike your silly robbery example.
Robbery is a clear act of coercion and threat, where consent is not truly given but forced under duress. The "choice" to give up your money to avoid physical harm isn't a choice at all—it's an act of self-preservation under immediate threat. Comparing the violent compulsion of a robbery to the corporate terms of a severance is not only a false equivalence but trivializes the serious and violent nature of actual robberies.
Your analogy conflates coercion with lawful employment practices. Maybe you outta stick with the reality of situations without resorting to exaggerated comparisons.
I get it: you're made that Trump won. Get over it. These people don't have to fucking work for the government. It's not slavery. It's not robbery.
People like you make me soooo happy that Trump won. You legit have no idea how the world works outside of the tech jobs sector. lol
No one owes them, you, or even me a fucking job. I support Trump on this issue!
Thanks, friend! :)
The “choice” to give up your money to avoid physical harm isn’t a choice at all
Exactly as the "choice" to accept a severance package in order to avoid being fired isn't a choice at all.
And you know that. But you're too dishonest to admit it.
soooo happy that Trump won
This from the poster who claimed to be a socialist during the campaign...
But it is a choice. They can also quit.
I didn't vote for Trump. I voted socialist. And I'm still a socialist.
But I'm totally enjoying watching the dumpster fire you all created for yourselves by disregarding third parties and third-party supporters like me.
Maybe if you all would have allowed third parties to have a voice, the US wouldn't have been stuck with the same old stale corrupt Duopoly.
How'd that decision workout for ya? 😊
This from the poster who claimed to be a socialist during the campaign...
Hey, remember when you all falsely accused me of being a Russian agent? Remember when you all said I'd disappear after the election?
Remember when I was banned for posting a Newsweek article that CORRECTLY said Trump was rising in the polls?
Remember when you all attacked me for saying that Harris wasn't a good candidate?
This is what you all get for spending more time trying to censor critics, than trying to get good candidates.
You lost to Trump. Of all people, Trump!!
I'm very proud of my third party socialist vote. 😊
And I'm loving watching you all deal with the fallout of your censorship policies.
Your and other's bullying and trying to censor me, ensured that I would be anti-democrat and ensured that I will do all I can to offer alternative voices.
You inspired me to spread out to make sure I couldn't be silenced by any one entity again. You should have just ignored me instead of bullying and banning me. Because I'd probably have been bored by Lemmy by now.
You, in a sense, created me. Thanks, friend!
I'll admit, it's nice to be referred to as "astonishing," but I legit don't know what you are referring to here?
Do you think what I said was in error? Do you honestly think that federal workers are going to engage in a coup? Friend, come on now...
Well, why would anyone do that unless they were up to something shady? Is there some legitimate reason for this? Seems doubtful.