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		29athrowaway 5 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Elon Musk's Demolition Crew In the 90s, Clinton did something similar and wasn't seen as a blitzkrieg on democracy.

tomrod 5 months ago [–]

I think we can both agree Clinton was neither trying to rob the government blind nor bypassing Congress completely in taking over and shuttering independent agencies. Nor was he implementing Yarvin's vision for RAGE as step 2 towards the Dark Enlightenment.

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