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		exe34 on Feb 4, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The young, inexperienced engineers aiding DOGE I don't understand the "unelected" aspect - he funded Trump and Trump got elected. Trump said Elon would get to run a wrecking ball through the ship of state and the magas cheered. He derives his authority from Trump. A lot of people work at the white house and only one of them was elected.

shipscode on Feb 4, 2025 [–]

He’s surely the most public bureaucrat in history.

GenerocUsername on Feb 4, 2025 | [–]

Bureaucrat is a misnomer. Think of him more as a reaper of souls

uni_rule on Feb 4, 2025 | | [–]

He's more of a lobotomized Jack Welch imo

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