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[–] 134 points 7 months ago (2 children)

The work was to steal information and cripple agencies getting in the way of musks businesses. You aren't undoing that. People need to be in prison or executed.

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  • [–] 84 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    i think that the biggest "win" for musk was the chance to steal all that data and that definitely cannot be undone...

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  • [–] 30 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    More importantly to install monitoring software and backdoors.

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  • [–] 53 points 7 months ago (4 children)

    Unfortunately the damage done can't be reversed, even if the 'work' can.

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  • [–] 16 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    Yeah good luck getting all the people back, if they even want to

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  • [–] 8 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    If all of the agencies poofed back into existance tomorrow with all the same workers and resources, it will take decades to unfuck the credibility damage he has done.

    Honestly, the world that MAGA feared was the one the ushered in with applause.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago

    Honestly, the world that MAGA feared was the one the ushered in with applause.

    Always was. Many of them sit around fearful of government overreach and civil war, etc., and yet nearly everything they do helps enable both of those scenarios.

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  • [–] 31 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    No. You cannot get back the data they stole. The harm was done.

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  • [–] 5 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    That data is still valuable. Best case scenario would be that we invalidate all of it before its natural expiration date. That’s probably closer to impossible than any sense of practical, but certainly not unachievable by a rightly motivated party. It could start with finally replacing the social security system as some weird form of identity password.

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  • [–] 12 points 7 months ago

    the damage was done and can't be reversed. See the La Guardia crash.

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  • [–] 10 points 7 months ago*

    Doubtful. It might be possible to start rolling some things back, but they've already been able to kill people. Can't unring that bell.

    Lots and lots of their stupid actions that didn't result in death will take decades to repair, if ever.

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  • [–] 5 points 7 months ago

    Except for the leaks of private and confidential data and the wholesale destruction of formerly working structures.

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    It would be nice to see someone face some consequences, but this is just a step towards correcting the country and can not undo the damages dealt by this administration.

    Even with concerted efforts to rebuild, it will take decades to undo the damages.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago

    I don't think they can resurrect the people that have died because of their USAID cuts nor can get un-steal all the data.

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    [–] 11 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    I wonder of it would be possible to undo what they've done. They completely dismantled systems, people were let go. I imagine it would require a decade of work at least(?)

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  • [–] 6 points 7 months ago

    Except, you know, all the death and suffering they caused...

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