486
top 50 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[-] Toga77@lemmy.world 149 points 2 weeks ago

Imagine being such massive pieces of shit so young.

[-] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 71 points 2 weeks ago

Why would that be hard to imagine?

Their brains literally aren't fully formed yet. And the prefeontal cortex is the last to develop.

Younger people will always trend towards "anti establishment" because of it, which makes a political landscape incredibly dangerous when the only two options only care about the wealthy.

The best way to prevent fascism is a pro worker socially progressive party.

Neoliberals stole that from us, then made America play Russian roulette 3x in a row with trump as the gun, and we lost twice.

[-] troed@fedia.io 26 points 2 weeks ago

You need to follow @garwboy@ohai.social

Start here: https://ohai.social/@Garwboy/113944647175536159

Your brain works fine when you're under 25 (no matter how 'inconvenient' this fact may be)

In-lieu of the young guys working on Musk's behalf, the old "Your brain isn't fully developed until your 25 claim" has emerged yet again

Here's why it's BS

[-] naught@sh.itjust.works 18 points 2 weeks ago

I think that was a good read. I think the problem I have is that if I look back at my 20 year old self or my 23-year-old self, I see someone that was extremely self assured but had almost 0 real world experience or context for decision-making about very important things.

I think it is disingenuous to absolve them of all blame, but I don't think it's inappropriate to say that it's not surprising that they are young men given how easy it would be for someone who should be a role model to influence them. Elon Musk's team is young so he can control them

[-] troed@fedia.io 16 points 2 weeks ago

That feeling never goes away. I'm 50 and consider the 40yo me to have lacked plenty.

Any line thus becomes quite arbitrary. The point is that there really isn't anything that supports the trope about "not grown until 25".

load more comments (1 replies)
[-] Toga77@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

You should still have a decent idea of right from wrong.

I wasn't a perfect adult at that age but I wouldn't have worked unelected for a billionaire to dismantle a government.

[-] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

Humans are not innately good, we need socialized like any animal.

Lots of people don't understand that, and it has terrible consequences

[-] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 2 weeks ago

TBH it's more forgivable with kids. They might grow out of it.

[-] DerArzt@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

Kids? They can vote. I understand that there's a gradient of maturity, but we can't give folks a pass just cause they're young.

[-] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 67 points 2 weeks ago

Hmmmmm.... Some of those faces look a bit DEI to this proud American. At least they're all males.

[-] _cnt0@sh.itjust.works 40 points 2 weeks ago

DEI, all of them. They look like being assigned male at birth, but have obviously all transitioned into massive cunts.

[-] SandraBollocks@lemmy.world 63 points 2 weeks ago
[-] PunnyName@lemmy.world 66 points 2 weeks ago

Nazi squad.

Remember, he did the salute. Twice.

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 47 points 2 weeks ago
[-] curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 weeks ago

Musky Youth?

(H)IT(ler) Youth?

Ellen's Youngins?

Sorry, trying to make fun of them in some way is helping me deal with.... gesturing broadly ... this.

[-] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 11 points 2 weeks ago

knowing he was in full view of the world

[-] Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 2 weeks ago

The Gaetz-keepers

[-] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 54 points 2 weeks ago
[-] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 46 points 2 weeks ago

Oh look, Elon groomed little boys who could have gone on to do something great.

[-] Diva@lemmy.ml 44 points 2 weeks ago
[-] andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 32 points 2 weeks ago

Some opportunistic idiots who seemingly don't have anything to lose and can be ditched by Elon as scapegoats if the need arises. I almost sure he groomed them with the myth of him being self-made billionaire and provided them a fabulous opportunity to join him. I'm almost sure they aren't kids anymore, but also that they don't know how to crime and that they need a plan B. In the musical chairs game they are likely to fall on their asses once the music stops.

load more comments (1 replies)
[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world 24 points 2 weeks ago

To be clear, this is a legit article so it stays, but no threats of Luigi here guys, lemmy can't afford the attention.

See:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/02/03/martin-supports-for-musk-doge/

[-] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 24 points 2 weeks ago

And one who does is trying to cash in on his new job by charging people to read his Substack entry which boast, “Why DOGE: Why I gave up a seven-figure salary to save America.”

LOL

load more comments (1 replies)
[-] Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works 21 points 2 weeks ago

"You have committed a crime."

Dangerous words. The kind of words that could get a man killed.

[-] 7U5K3N@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 2 weeks ago

Wait.. I thought it was a crime to name them and share their picture.

Is the Musk Militia (or MM for short) coming for us?

Lol

[-] floofloof@lemmy.ca 23 points 2 weeks ago

Musk is an unelected Nazi tearing down the fabric of the country hour by hour. It's incredible that no one can stop the little shit or his team of little shits.

[-] 7U5K3N@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah... It's too bad that the government doesn't have some sort of checks and balances..

Tho there are protests scheduled for tomorrow at your state capitol. But idk that'll help. A

[-] floofloof@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 weeks ago

Protests won't fix it, in themselves. But it's important to show up because that shows people they're not alone in resisting this. A big protest encourages, emboldens and connects people. It's one of the steps towards building an effective resistance movement. If everyone says "it won't help, so I won't go" then the movement can't get off the ground.

[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

Not to name them, they are public employees after all, but threatening them or doxing them will get the comments removed.

[-] codexarcanum@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 weeks ago

That's the thing, they aren't public employees. DOGE isn't a valid government department, which requires congress. This is a private citizen and his private employees/associates (is he even paying them?) staging a take over of the government. Don't just grant them authority because they claimed to have it.

[-] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Musk’s team of youngsters, as first reported by WIRED on Sunday, is Akash Bobba, 21, a student at the University of California, Berkeley; Edward Coristine, 19, a student at Northeastern University in Boston; and Ethan Shaotran, 22, who said in September he was a senior at Harvard.

The ones who actually have degrees, or at least have left college, are: Luke Farritor, 23, who attended the University of Nebraska without graduating; Gautier Cole Killian, a 24-year-old who attended McGill University; and Gavin Kliger, a 25-year-old who attended Berkeley;

[-] tiefling@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

The presidential diaper baby is a felon, and the people in charge of government don't even have degrees

Remember that next time an entry level job requires a master's, background check, and 5 years experience

[-] donuts@lemmy.world 18 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Archive link for those who hit the wall: https://archive.is/PWORx/

[-] Ulvain@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 weeks ago

Funny, i expected their shirts to be browner.

load more comments (1 replies)
[-] Sanctus@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago

Some needs to put these fucken kids to bed.

[-] Beryl@jlai.lu 10 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Meritocracy at work ! These guys are obviously the most experimented people you could ever find for the job. Some of them even have a degree !

[-] Goodmorningsunshine@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago

Awww, it's the Trumpler youth

[-] Quadhammer@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago
[-] GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 weeks ago

I always fancied myself as more of a Tzeentch adherent, but I'm down to start adding some skulls to the fucking Skull Throne right about now...

[-] floofloof@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 weeks ago

Has anyone tried punching their oh so punchable little faces?

[-] HappySkullsplitter@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

That's pretty much what I expected

[-] MataVatnik@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

To understand what's happening right now please watch and share:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5RpPTRcz1no

[-] RotatingParts@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 weeks ago

These are our future politicians. Image how evil they will become before they start running for office.

load more comments
view more: next ›
this post was submitted on 04 Feb 2025
486 points (99.0% liked)

politics

20345 readers
1554 users here now

Welcome to the discussion of US Politics!

Rules:

  1. Post only links to articles, Title must fairly describe link contents. If your title differs from the site’s, it should only be to add context or be more descriptive. Do not post entire articles in the body or in the comments.

Links must be to the original source, not an aggregator like Google Amp, MSN, or Yahoo.

Example:

  1. Articles must be relevant to politics. Links must be to quality and original content. Articles should be worth reading. Clickbait, stub articles, and rehosted or stolen content are not allowed. Check your source for Reliability and Bias here.
  2. Be civil, No violations of TOS. It’s OK to say the subject of an article is behaving like a (pejorative, pejorative). It’s NOT OK to say another USER is (pejorative). Strong language is fine, just not directed at other members. Engage in good-faith and with respect! This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban.
  3. No memes, trolling, or low-effort comments. Reposts, misinformation, off-topic, trolling, or offensive. Similarly, if you see posts along these lines, do not engage. Report them, block them, and live a happier life than they do. We see too many slapfights that boil down to "Mom! He's bugging me!" and "I'm not touching you!" Going forward, slapfights will result in removed comments and temp bans to cool off.
  4. Vote based on comment quality, not agreement. This community aims to foster discussion; please reward people for putting effort into articulating their viewpoint, even if you disagree with it.
  5. No hate speech, slurs, celebrating death, advocating violence, or abusive language. This will result in a ban. Usernames containing racist, or inappropriate slurs will be banned without warning

We ask that the users report any comment or post that violate the rules, to use critical thinking when reading, posting or commenting. Users that post off-topic spam, advocate violence, have multiple comments or posts removed, weaponize reports or violate the code of conduct will be banned.

All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed. The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users.

That's all the rules!

Civic Links

Register To Vote

Citizenship Resource Center

Congressional Awards Program

Federal Government Agencies

Library of Congress Legislative Resources

The White House

U.S. House of Representatives

U.S. Senate

Partnered Communities:

News

World News

Business News

Political Discussion

Ask Politics

Military News

Global Politics

Moderate Politics

Progressive Politics

UK Politics

Canadian Politics

Australian Politics

New Zealand Politics

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS