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[–] [email protected] 183 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Imagine being such massive pieces of shit so young.

[–] technocrit 19 points 4 months ago (1 children)

TBH it's more forgivable with kids. They might grow out of it.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago

Kids? They can vote. I understand that there's a gradient of maturity, but we can't give folks a pass just cause they're young.

[–] [email protected] 80 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Hmmmmm.... Some of those faces look a bit DEI to this proud American. At least they're all males.

[–] [email protected] 56 points 4 months ago

DEI, all of them. They look like being assigned male at birth, but have obviously all transitioned into massive cunts.

[–] [email protected] 68 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 73 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Nazi squad.

Remember, he did the salute. Twice.

[–] [email protected] 51 points 4 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago

knowing he was in full view of the world

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago

The Gaetz-keepers

[–] [email protected] 61 points 4 months ago

Oh look, Elon groomed little boys who could have gone on to do something great.

[–] [email protected] 61 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] HootinNHollerin 11 points 4 months ago (3 children)
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[–] [email protected] 47 points 4 months ago
[–] [email protected] 42 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Some opportunistic idiots who seemingly don't have anything to lose and can be ditched by Elon as scapegoats if the need arises. I almost sure he groomed them with the myth of him being self-made billionaire and provided them a fabulous opportunity to join him. I'm almost sure they aren't kids anymore, but also that they don't know how to crime and that they need a plan B. In the musical chairs game they are likely to fall on their asses once the music stops.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

can be ditched by Elon as scapegoats if the need arises

Needs a catchy phrase to go with it. How about "Night of the Long Knives"?

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[–] [email protected] 39 points 4 months ago (1 children)

To be clear, this is a legit article so it stays, but no threats of Luigi here guys, lemmy can't afford the attention.

See:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/02/03/martin-supports-for-musk-doge/

[–] [email protected] 38 points 4 months ago (1 children)

And one who does is trying to cash in on his new job by charging people to read his Substack entry which boast, “Why DOGE: Why I gave up a seven-figure salary to save America.”

LOL

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago

Yeah maybe if he sums up all of his pre-tax total comp for each year he worked there, he might barely reach a seven figure number lmao

[–] [email protected] 25 points 4 months ago (1 children)

"You have committed a crime."

Dangerous words. The kind of words that could get a man killed.

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[–] 7U5K3N 24 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Wait.. I thought it was a crime to name them and share their picture.

Is the Musk Militia (or MM for short) coming for us?

Lol

[–] [email protected] 29 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Musk is an unelected Nazi tearing down the fabric of the country hour by hour. It's incredible that no one can stop the little shit or his team of little shits.

[–] 7U5K3N 11 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Yeah... It's too bad that the government doesn't have some sort of checks and balances..

Tho there are protests scheduled for tomorrow at your state capitol. But idk that'll help. A

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[–] CosmicTurtle0 23 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Musk’s team of youngsters, as first reported by WIRED on Sunday, is Akash Bobba, 21, a student at the University of California, Berkeley; Edward Coristine, 19, a student at Northeastern University in Boston; and Ethan Shaotran, 22, who said in September he was a senior at Harvard.

The ones who actually have degrees, or at least have left college, are: Luke Farritor, 23, who attended the University of Nebraska without graduating; Gautier Cole Killian, a 24-year-old who attended McGill University; and Gavin Kliger, a 25-year-old who attended Berkeley;

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

The presidential diaper baby is a felon, and the people in charge of government don't even have degrees

Remember that next time an entry level job requires a master's, background check, and 5 years experience

[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Archive link for those who hit the wall: https://archive.is/PWORx/

[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 months ago

Old creepy rich dudes have been exploiting young men for millennia, nothing new.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Funny, i expected their shirts to be browner.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Exactly how I expected them to look tbh. Just generic looking kids.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 4 months ago (1 children)

They aren't kids. They're adults that have made their decision and must deal with the blowback from the public.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I really look forward to all 6 behind bars in a few years. I wonder if they know the level of treason they are committing?

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Meritocracy at work ! These guys are obviously the most experimented people you could ever find for the job. Some of them even have a degree !

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago

Some needs to put these fucken kids to bed.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The 🥦 is strong!

Imagine thinking this is a good career move. Or haircut.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago

Not even old enough for their car insurance to have dropped yet

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago

Peter Thiel’s blood boys.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago

Awww, it's the Trumpler youth

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago

Has anyone tried punching their oh so punchable little faces?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago

That's pretty much what I expected

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