Ask HN: What is the end goal of DT and EM?
As the title says, what is the end goal of these 2 and those in the administration pushing various agendas? Is it capturing all the data about everyone in the US? Is it deporting everyone who is not a US citizen? Is it jailing everyone who speaks up against them?
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[ 16.7 ms ] story [ 981 ms ] threadThe closest you might get to learning something about a possible 'end goal' is to read up on Project 2025 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_2025).
See: Understanding DOGE as Procurement Capture -- Anil Dash
https://www.anildash.com/2025/01/04/DOGE-procurement-capture...
And in this case, privatization of government.
https://www.thenerdreich.com/reboot-elon-musk-ceo-dictator-d...
Silicon Valley Whistleblowers Warn Elon Musk ‘Hijacking’ Republicans to Control Entire US Government
https://bylinetimes.com/2025/02/07/silicon-valley-whistleblo...
Looks like this might ultimately a mental illness or two (like Narcissistic personality disorder (NPD)), some need that wasn't fulfilled and/or drug-addled (ketamine or what not) disassociation from reality, empathy and in general what makes the rest of us all human.