Discussion

Where the DOGE Operatives Are Now

tokyobreakfast: How is this not doxxing for purely punitive reasons?The only possible reasons to publish this are to encourage harassment of the employees involved, or manufacture more culture war flamebait.

krapp: What do you think people are going to do, exfiltrate their SS and IRS data to Palantir to have them profiled and classified as enemies of the state?

pstuart: That's crazy! That should be the President's job.

krapp: No no no, the President's job is to start a holy war* in Iran to distract the country from his pedophilia.* sorry "special operation"

righthand: The individuals took a public job that requires accountability. The public deserves to learn all about the scum people trying to destroy democracy and government services.

palmotea: > The public deserves to learn all about the scum people trying to destroy democracy and government services.Eh, kinda sorta. Be careful throwing around terms like "scum people."A lot of the DOGE people were basically immature children. IIRC, a lot of business like younger employees, because they lack maturity and can be eager to please, so they'll enthusiastically embrace the bullshit you feed them. If anyone's scum, it was the older people leading DOGE who consciously took advantage of the immaturity readily available on twitter.Some of those guys will almost certainly grow out of it.

tombert: Sorry, no. Are they adults or not? Are they considered mentally disabled? If they are adults they should be held to the same standards as adults. If they're given adult privileges then they are grown ups.I get a little annoyed at this reasoning because I remember at one point when Donald Trump Jr. did something idiotic in 2017, they were acting like he was "just a dumb kid" as like a 37 year old man. I'm younger than that now, and if I committed a crime I'd still get charged as an adult.

cdrnsf: It's a shame that anyone hired them. There's nothing like failing upwards.

expedition32: There's no accountability in Western society for corruption. At least the CCP occasionally executes someone to make a point.

downrightmike: And steal organs from dissidents

MSFT_Edging: If you actually follow those claims, you'll find a report published by a cohort partially composed of Falun Gong members.The actual report points to about 60-80 possible instances of doctors not putting in the maximum amount of effort to save a life over a period of 20-30 years.Not exactly systemic like people parrot. Sorta like how people endlessly repeated "social credit score" despite most Chinese acknowledging it barely existed for a majority of the population.

drivebyhooting: I disapprove of this kind of article. These useful rubes are not powerful masterminds.Why go on a witch hunt to hold a 19 year old responsible, when meanwhile Mark “they trust me dumbfucks” Zuckerberg is left off the hook for his teenage improprieties?

beart: You are assuming these people were just following procedure. This is not accurate. There is at least one case where data was taken and intended to be improperly used at a private company.These people are more than useful rubes. They actively committed unethical (if not illegal) acts.

sys_64738: This does not waive Zuck of his crimes either. But all these DOGE perps need to serve life in prison without parole as a warning sign to any others who engage in such a brazen and unaccountable task. People want every one of these criminals to answer severely for their part in it. That includes all their financial assets being seized by the next incoming administration. I'd go further and seize all financial assets of their parents, siblings, children, et al. Those around them that allowed such criminality to be executed should suffer as well.

krapp: >But all these DOGE perps need to serve life in prison without parole as a warning sign to any others who engage in such a brazen and unaccountable task.We would need a Constitutional amendment removing the President's power of pardon first. Otherwise, from now on (also thanks to SCOTUS) any administration and anyone the administration chooses is simply above the law.

krapp: They were following the procedure they were ordered to follow. They were doing exactly what they were meant to be doing.And a lot of people on HN were enthusiastically supportive of what they were doing. Even the illegal stuff. Especially the illegal stuff. Odd how back then DOGE were "bold, brilliant patriots doing what was necessary to cut government waste and drain the swamp" and now they're innocent naive babes who were just in over their heads.

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