One could argue the Republicans are currently unplugging it.
this post was submitted on 04 Apr 2025
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unplug ---> loss of power... seems right
Sadly this was my thought too. When DOGE plugs everything back in, its likely to be paired with AI and big government contracts.
In 1930, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives, in an effort to alleviate the effects of the... Anyone? Anyone?... the Great Depression, passed the... Anyone? Anyone? The tariff bill? The Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act? Which, anyone? Raised or lowered?... raised tariffs, in an effort to collect more revenue for the federal government. Did it work? Anyone? Anyone know the effects? It did not work, and the United States sank deeper into the Great Depression.
remembers.
...you're still here?..it's over, go home!..
...go!..
What the US needs is an exorcist
Give it a few months and we can probably settle for a necromancer. And not because congress reminds me of a mausoleum. Although....
I don't think that's the problem. This new 20.25 patch is filled with Russian malware and is failing to integrate with our legacy free market democratic systems. I suggest we roll back to version 20.21 until they manage to provide a functional upgrade.
You mean firing everyone in power, repealing Citizens United and blocking corporate money from elections, and then electing young leaders who don't have an ulterior motive and actually want to drive progress and improve things?
I'd be down with that but good luck actually pulling that off.
Maybe a factory reset
No taxation without representation? We can still throw the T into the ocean ... I'd feel bad if it was all those teslas: it'd be like a poison reef... so we'll have to settle for the "other one."
They tried this with Texas. It didn't work, but it made Ted Cruz do away for a while.
Can we skip step 2? Thanks in advance.
We could just pull one specific plug and leave it on the floor.
I think most of us are trying to avoid a hard reset. That gets messy fast.
They are definitely disconnecting the USA.
Someone did unplug it a few decades ago ........ no one has bothered to plug it in again .... I think they set fire to the plug to make sure no one plugs it in again ... ever
Many many times
Some of us have certainly considered it.
At the rate we are going I'm not entirely sure if we are going for the perky happy beep when a PC posts or ... that other longer one you get when you unplug things...
beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee