Dragomus

Somehow I think he didn't resign because of the remarks specifically but because he was named and shamed in the spotlight.

"Comfortable":

Where having 3 jobs doesn't even give a proper living wage... Where a health crisis will bankrupt you... Where the common people pay the taxes for the richest. Where vacation days are tightly controlled and preferrably denied. Already the doctrine is: "You Live To Work".

And this is before Trump started slashing all government aid and will give even more money to the rich, thinking the populace will make up the difference on the countries income....

Now he just about personally has total control of the government payment system, down to the social serurity number of each individual. A good weapon to have.

(Had a long rant here about the US' bleak future, but it's not befitting the discussion at this moment)

My point being, things are only a very small drop to where it's too late and the shackles are clamped on.

The ones sworn in to uphold the law and constitution are the ones who need to step in now, but are too afraid or corrupted to risk standing up.

King Trump already is above regular checks and balances.

What I find interesting yet distressing is that no one asks "WHY?"

What does an unelected outsider have to gain from getting access to SOURCE CODE of the US payment system (not just a running pc in the payment network, no, actual code is bring changed)

Why? Why demand code access and what is being changed in the dark hours of the night when there is little oversight?

And no; "because transgenders" is not an acceptable answer!

BTW... expect fully encrypted code where possible so no one else besides Musk can read it ... think of the lasting repercussions of that ... it's a malware bomb on the governmental payment system.

Want your package from chaina? Pay the tariffs!

~...then very humbly ask the Chinese government to refund you those tariff costs....~

Yep. Still feel I need to put this here...

He WANTS to be a despot ... he eagerly looks at, admires and wishes to count himself amongst worldly despots like Putin, Maduro, the Saudi kings and even the younger Kim Yong Un.

He does not aspire to be a benevolent leader at all, I don't think he even can be one. To be important is indeed what he wants, but it is the importance in the form of keeping him happy or he'll give you misery.

He also has done nothing but spout lies and easy grifts for decades now, and if caught he'd be as vindictive as possible to instill fear and hesitation on any who would oppose him. So, swift opposition from within his ranks is not going to happen soon.

The ultra rich might turn on him if he torches the economy, but they do know he now has the power to take away their assets if push comes to shove...

Not just that, but frankly for a company like Proton it's prudent to "cry along with the wolves, lest you get killed" ...

As long as Proton's products still stand on their own in the light of the Trump regime I don't think it is useful at all to torch the company because of remarks of its ceo now that Trump is in office...

Ofcourse one can frown and be miffed but there are far worse companies out there that everyone uses, and people shrug off direct comments of anyone on the board of directors.

Hmm not to discredit this, but how does that work, being detained and having to produce a birth certificate ... does one normally daily carry a birth certificate next to ones ID?

And if you're detained without a a birth certificate while on vacation across the country?

Only ID on you? Go to prison?

No ID nor birth certificate and you'll either get shot or deported?

What if you speak something else than Spanish or English amongst yourselves?

How long 'till the Trump administration mandates a form of ID on ones hand, arm, or forehead?