Piling on the above, Musk's verbal diarrhea makes it even worse. He downplays the role of DOGE, saying he's stopping 150 year old Social Security collectors, when in reality he's shutting down critical government functions on the daily ("XX agency: R.I.P.").

"We post our activity on X! And the DOGE website." Because now X is totally a valid outlet for government activity.. </s>, gross.

It's all one big lie, and the rest of the government has apparently been capitulated, resistance is futile. What does the ending look like in this case?

That comment by @tomrod the other day, a list of sane questions, is still becoming more relevant, IMHO: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43003791