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[–] knobbysideup@sh.itjust.works 57 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

The work was to steal information and cripple agencies getting in the way of musks businesses. You aren't undoing that. People need to be in prison or executed.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 1 points 20 minutes ago

That's not a likely outcome, at least with the formal system of justice.

[–] kmartburrito@lemmy.world 25 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Unfortunately the damage done can't be reversed, even if the 'work' can.

[–] cheat700000007@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

Yeah good luck getting all the people back, if they even want to

[–] grue@lemmy.world 5 points 1 hour ago

The loss of institutional knowledge is only part of the damage, and arguably not even the worst part.

[–] Burninator05@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

If all of the agencies poofed back into existance tomorrow with all the same workers and resources, it will take decades to unfuck the credibility damage he has done.

Honestly, the world that MAGA feared was the one the ushered in with applause.

[–] 14th_cylon@lemmy.zip 50 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

i think that the biggest "win" for musk was the chance to steal all that data and that definitely cannot be undone...

[–] Typhoon@lemmy.ca 13 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

More importantly to install monitoring software and backdoors.

[–] 14th_cylon@lemmy.zip 2 points 58 minutes ago

that can be undone, unlike the stolen data, which are never coming back...