Elon Musk’s DOGE is tearing through the US government with disastrous consequences. But beyond its borders, the extreme right is gearing up to push their own DOGE-inspired austerity campaigns in countries around the world. - ThreadSky

parismarx.com • 8 days ago

Elon Musk’s DOGE is tearing through the US government with disastrous consequences.

But beyond its borders, the extreme right is gearing up to push their own DOGE-inspired austerity campaigns in countries around the world.

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toddgoldsbie.bsky.social•8 days ago

Canada has a ring side seat to the chaos. We see the danger & will not elect the DOGE-adjacent candidate.

iratelump.bsky.social•8 days ago

They're playing the long game: They don't have to win the next election or even the one after that, but sooner or later, a crop of DOGE-style Tories will get in and they will execute their plan.

whatsthepointsk.bsky.social•8 days ago

Exporting imperialism has well understood outcomes.

lafuca.bsky.social•8 days ago

Whats Modi doing there?

soundsagreeable.bsky.social•8 days ago

Modi is a fascist fuck of the highest order. His ruling party BJP's ideological parent is the RSS, whose leaders visited Europe in the '30s, to learn directly from Mussolini and Hitler. Modi worships Tramp.

keeptheskyblue.bsky.social•8 days ago

We need to make it clear to people that DOGE is a Trojan horse for fascism and the illegal takeover of governments; it has nothing to do with efficiency.

katiecannon.bsky.social•8 days ago

Argentina has IMF loans

So it’s gonna be in a mess no matter what

Meili just capitalized on this by doing a crypto fraud as “the answer”

starlightwishes.bsky.social•8 days ago

Historically speaking, austerity campaigns destroy the economy of the countries it's used on. But of course, that's often the point.

jhblackrose.bsky.social•8 days ago

New Zealand's economy is suffering. We have higher unemployment levels, and more companies going bust, than we had during the GFC.

arkenor.bsky.social•8 days ago

In the UK Starmer is echoing much of the same rhetoric, and seemingly much of the same intentions.

joshsteich.bsky.social•7 days ago

Neoliberalism 2: This Time It Van Wilder

smollestbunny2.bsky.social•8 days ago

Its really bad here in Aotearoa NZ

charf.bsky.social•8 days ago

It would be good to have a list of these tech execs here in Canada.

radgrapes.bsky.social•8 days ago

As I child I dreamt of a global socialist utopia & this may just bring it on eventually as the law of unexpected consequences takes hold

arkangl67.bsky.social•8 days ago

I agree, look at us in Canada. I would never have expected this level of patriotism from all corners of our country. But let a tyrant like 45 threaten us, and it's amazing how the apathetic become energized into action.

safetyinspector.bsky.social•8 days ago

Fuck Nazis

stardustpon.bsky.social•7 days ago

It’s going to come crashing down eventually, problem is we will be the ones holding the bag when it does.

flicksfan.bsky.social•8 days ago

And university research in Australia, if not DOGE, but via Trump ideology
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-20/trump-america-first-policy-risking-australian-uni-research-funds/105072344

sid069.bsky.social•8 days ago

I believe it's called pronounced "doggy"

arkangl67.bsky.social•8 days ago

I thought it was pronounced Douche. After it's leader.

soundsagreeable.bsky.social•8 days ago

Douche is a good one. Adopting it thanks.

sid069.bsky.social•8 days ago

Nope doggy, yes after it's leader, who is a big ol bitch

arkangl67.bsky.social•8 days ago

Fair enough

catznjam.bsky.social•8 days ago

Like Alex Jones' fans, even though AJ himself said it was an act, most of it, to sell miracle supps he got from China and relabeled and charged like $40 a bottle of colloidal silver and whatever else he was peddling -

catznjam.bsky.social•8 days ago

Rachel Maddow last night - reading out a list of the latest agencies to come to light
FDIC 👀no friggin way, bozo.

shaniaviram.bsky.social•8 days ago

its not austerity, its theft

frattaro.li•7 days ago

Shopify owns so much small and medium business infrastructure (including ours!) that it’s almost impossible to boycott. What we need is a government that doesn’t pay any particular attention to people like Tobi.

coolxenu.bsky.social•8 days ago

There's a few attention whore Canadian tech bros who think they can pull this off here.

These grifts are popular because the alt-right incel demographic is so easily manipulated into parting with their money. I have never met such gullible fools.

#Canada

altibel.bsky.social•8 days ago

📌

parismarx.com•8 days ago

In Canada, Shopify executives are heading up a group of tech executives pushing to bring DOGE to Canada, targeting foreign aid programs they don’t like to stir up anger over wasteful government spending.

https://www.disconnect.blog/p/doge-is-going-global-it-needs-to

zelrose.bsky.social•8 days ago

@wooliewoolz.bsky.social @patstaresat.bsky.social

james.claims•8 days ago

Oh my god Lütke just shut uppppp

hamishmccommie.bsky.social•7 days ago

#boycottshopify

hawkeye-23.bsky.social•7 days ago

This is why I no longer support businesses that is them

freediverx.bsky.social•7 days ago

Boycott Shopify.

aeb1.bsky.social•8 days ago

📌

theradautie.bsky.social•7 days ago

We don't need a Canadian DOGE, and we don't need Canadian "Big Ballz" (to be fair, if there's a way to fight this, we do have the biggest balls of all).

darkwaterphotos.bsky.social•7 days ago

There will be, NO doge anything in Canada. #CdnPoli @mark-carney.bsky.social will see to it that never happens.

If this is true then Canada needs Shopify to divest of their Canadian IP, or to remove themselves from this country.

Nothing related to dodge in Canada full stop.

#ElbowsUp 💪💪🪖🍁

antifascistfella.bsky.social•7 days ago

Over their dead bodies! Lets see

tolki.dev•8 days ago

Still no thoughts on this @tlo.gg?

alanrupnick.bsky.social•7 days ago

My advice to Canada is to remove them from this planet before they become an issue. Seriously. You see what happened here. Don't make the same mistake we did.

jamie.schembri.me•7 days ago

More reasons to drop Shopify, huh?

liseabetta.bsky.social•8 days ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCj_q8tw-mI

vmcntosh.bsky.social•8 days ago

Do not want.

rebequewest.bsky.social•7 days ago

Omg nip this evil in the bud

skinger77.bsky.social•8 days ago

Shopify is dead to Canada - fuck right off #elbows up

dofolabels.bsky.social•8 days ago

Shopify read the tea leaves before DOGE/Trump's DEI firing craze. (Harley has a tea company when Shopify forbade staff from having side quests)...

Shopify's past 2 years of layoffs included majority DEI hires or self identifying minorities right down to Lgbtq, disabled, neurodivergent, new parents

parismarx.com•8 days ago

Canadian tech leaders created a group called Build Canada to advocate for right-wing policies like cutting government workers and reducing refugees, but also created a DOGE-like website called Canada Spends to call out spending their don’t like.

https://www.disconnect.blog/p/doge-is-going-global-it-needs-to

henchman1.bsky.social•8 days ago

It's long past time for the Canadian government to stop subsidizing and propping up companies like this.

They're usually so quick to say that if the product is good then the market will support it. But how much is buttressed on government $?

Has tax money gone to support Shopify (for example)?

dofolabels.bsky.social•8 days ago

It's such a weird flex for Tobi & Kaz, both immigrants to Canada.

Lutke's wife brought over an Iran scientist to 🇨🇦 who went mental, committed to CAMH where they donated massive amount to recently.

Nejatian'a True North News is an immigration charity

They fired Canadian staff & outsourced to SEA

parismarx.com•8 days ago

European telecom executives are calling for their own DOGE, to cut telecom regulators and allow them to further consolidate the industry. They have the support of the neo-Nazi AfD, but other right-wing politicians are getting on board too.

https://www.disconnect.blog/p/doge-is-going-global-it-needs-to

beeutiful21.bsky.social•8 days ago

No, not if they're going to be increasing their military.

parismarx.com•8 days ago

Leaders in India and Argentina are praising Musk’s efforts, and Australia isn’t spared. Its right-wing Coalition has a shadow minister of government efficiency, as powerful forces call for an Australian DOGE.

They’re leading in the polls ahead of a May election.

https://www.disconnect.blog/p/doge-is-going-global-it-needs-to

madeinoz.bsky.social•8 days ago

New poll is he is dropping. Hope it keeps up

smol-rora.bsky.social•7 days ago

Way he's going might not make it to the election like Americas decision to elect trump may of triggered a butterfly effect and the original prediction of lots of conservative parties coming into power like what happened in NZ has flipped.

parismarx.com•8 days ago

Maybe the best example is New Zealand, where the libertarian ACT party is running a new Ministry of Regulation, creating something with a DOGE-like ethos within a parliamentary system. It’s a minor coalition party in a right-wing National-led government.

https://www.disconnect.blog/p/doge-is-going-global-it-needs-to

dimsie.bsky.social•8 days ago

Enjoyably, David Seymour is in massive trouble with the electorate right now because he tried to make school lunches more "efficient" and ended up feeding our kids hot plastic slop. It may yet bring him down

fiztig.bsky.social•8 days ago

NZ is where the billionaires have built their retreat bunkers in the case of world disorder. You can bet they want their dystopian tech govt in charge there.

kiwiana.bsky.social•7 days ago

A nit I have to pick: ACTs attempted power grab over regulation significantly predates the DOGE shitshow. They are somewhat in harmony but there is no cause/ effect here

joshoconnorchen.bsky.social•8 days ago

It's going *cataclysmically*, BTW.

bluecabazon.bsky.social•8 days ago

Geez, you had one of the most caring, democratic and efficient government on the planet. Then you fell for the right wing BS and now look where you are!

spiderandme.bsky.social•8 days ago

and we hate them. they're not about efficiency, they're about undermining democratic rights, tax cuts for the rich and giving corporate bad behaviour a free pass.

dofolabels.bsky.social•8 days ago

New Zealand is popular with International Democracy which Stephen Harper leads with Doug Ford and Donald Trump's inner colleagues as #IDU members: Rick Scott, Kevin Cramer, Mike Waltz.

@parismarx.com Nejatian connects to Harper & Poilievre's biz partner Jonathan Denis who sued @mmflint.bsky.social

parismarx.com•8 days ago

NZ’s Ministry for Regulation is not only trying to reduce regulation, but has taken over regulatory impact assessments and forced agencies to let them know any time they start working on new policy. It gives them immense insight and influence across government.

https://www.disconnect.blog/p/doge-is-going-global-it-needs-to