What Musk is doing to our government — the NPS and all the other agencies whose systems he now controls — is a hostile takeover reminiscent of how a private equity firm raids businesses, bankrupts them, and extracts profits from their smoldering remains. It is an exploitation of our public wealth for private gain, endeavoring to save the Treasury a few pennies so the GOP can fund tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations. Government workers will be the first ones harmed by this process, losing their careers and income. But in the end all American people will suffer as we are robbed of public services we depend on and care about. Elon Musk is destroying the things that make America special to enrich the people who make America horrible, himself first and foremost.
Looks like they are in the early stages of destroying the National Park System along with everything else. I don’t think this is what the people who voted for him were intending to happen. The National Parks get millions of visitors every year. People love them. I haven’t visited a National Park in years, but I want them to be there. They’re important.
I retired April2024 but as a fed employee at numerous national parks I can attest to the accuracy stated. People DIED for heaven's sake! Property was damaged and stolen. Human waste was on trails! Wtf!!! My ex-coworkers are frightened. The chaos is intended, no doubt.
This angers me . Like so many others I’ve always sought refuge in natures beauty. Having visited so many National Parks I have seen the tremendous job all the park workers especially seasonal ones do. Without them the crush of people would certainly destroy the natural beauty they came to see. As terrible as this is it is just one more symbol that our democracy is dying right before our eyes while people just go about their daily lives. Folks we are in The Matrix
My fingers are worn nubs and my voice is hoarse from contacting my congresspersons, none of whom I had the slightest bit of faith in to begin with. Is there anything meaningful we can do?
A group called Alt National Park Service is posting on Facebook and has started posting on Bluesky in case they get barred from Facebook. I recommend checking them out at both places and liking their posts (or, if that's not possible, doing a sad-face or angry-face emoji). https://bsky.app/profile/altnps.bsky.social
What ppl fail to realize is everything else THEY'RE doing will not even matter once the planet is dead. U can't spend money on a dead planet, you can't even relax. It will be just like the "Mad Max Fury Road" movie. Except there will be no hot actor to save anyone who is left. It is an absolute 💯 sin what they're already doing to mother nature and her children. They're setting this entire planet up for failure. It will come back to bite them or their grandchildren in their a-holes but the innocent, the animals and plants will already be GONE.
People like Musk and his underling trump, have no appreciation of these natural wonders that are open to all of this unless they can make money from raping them. We need to fight to preserve these natural wonders because once they’re gone, they’re gone.
What Musk is doing to our government — the NPS and all the other agencies whose systems he now controls — is a hostile takeover reminiscent of how a private equity firm raids businesses, bankrupts them, and extracts profits from their smoldering remains. It is an exploitation of our public wealth for private gain, endeavoring to save the Treasury a few pennies so the GOP can fund tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations. Government workers will be the first ones harmed by this process, losing their careers and income. But in the end all American people will suffer as we are robbed of public services we depend on and care about. Elon Musk is destroying the things that make America special to enrich the people who make America horrible, himself first and foremost.
Looks like they are in the early stages of destroying the National Park System along with everything else. I don’t think this is what the people who voted for him were intending to happen. The National Parks get millions of visitors every year. People love them. I haven’t visited a National Park in years, but I want them to be there. They’re important.
I retired April2024 but as a fed employee at numerous national parks I can attest to the accuracy stated. People DIED for heaven's sake! Property was damaged and stolen. Human waste was on trails! Wtf!!! My ex-coworkers are frightened. The chaos is intended, no doubt.
Insane
This angers me . Like so many others I’ve always sought refuge in natures beauty. Having visited so many National Parks I have seen the tremendous job all the park workers especially seasonal ones do. Without them the crush of people would certainly destroy the natural beauty they came to see. As terrible as this is it is just one more symbol that our democracy is dying right before our eyes while people just go about their daily lives. Folks we are in The Matrix
My fingers are worn nubs and my voice is hoarse from contacting my congresspersons, none of whom I had the slightest bit of faith in to begin with. Is there anything meaningful we can do?
This is word for word what is happening to the Forest Service as well.
A group called Alt National Park Service is posting on Facebook and has started posting on Bluesky in case they get barred from Facebook. I recommend checking them out at both places and liking their posts (or, if that's not possible, doing a sad-face or angry-face emoji). https://bsky.app/profile/altnps.bsky.social
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What ppl fail to realize is everything else THEY'RE doing will not even matter once the planet is dead. U can't spend money on a dead planet, you can't even relax. It will be just like the "Mad Max Fury Road" movie. Except there will be no hot actor to save anyone who is left. It is an absolute 💯 sin what they're already doing to mother nature and her children. They're setting this entire planet up for failure. It will come back to bite them or their grandchildren in their a-holes but the innocent, the animals and plants will already be GONE.
People like Musk and his underling trump, have no appreciation of these natural wonders that are open to all of this unless they can make money from raping them. We need to fight to preserve these natural wonders because once they’re gone, they’re gone.
Brings the worst tears.
Musk needs to be arrested ASAP. He has no legal right to be meddling with any US official business. He is actively commiting federal crimes.
Andrew's comment, ditto
I wonder how long this performative deluded and hamfisted witch hunt will continue until folks realize the call is coming from inside the house.