The actions of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), headed up by billionaire Elon Musk, has been among the most controversial of any following its creations by executive order. Exposing and resisting several major actions of DOGE is important. These include the multiple conflicts of interest between Musk and DOGE’s agency targets; efforts to gut agencies (e.g, USAID, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Education Department and EPA), and cutting federal spending of DEI programs, National Institute of Health biomedical research and federal workers. On the horizon are eliminating scores of so-called “inefficient” federal regulations that hinder corporations.

People protest against President Trump and Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) near the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 5, 2025. Drew Angerer/AFP 

At the root of DOGE’s mission, however, is to not simply reduce government size or even loot public spending (i.e. Musk has received billions in federal subsidies for Tesla, as well as tens of billions more in government contracts and programs). The ultimate goal of Musk/DOGE and reactionary right technocrats accomplices is the replacement of “democratic” government with a corporate state.

At the root of DOGE’s mission, however, is to not simply reduce government size or even loot public spending (i.e. Musk has received billions in federal subsidies for Tesla, as well as tens of billions more in government contracts and programs). The ultimate goal of Musk/DOGE and reactionary right technocrats accomplices is the replacement of “democratic” government with a corporate state. 

Access to the Treasury Department’s system that pays the nation’s bills is not only a concern about personal information and the potential to cut payments to people and entities. Of greater concern is what Mike Brock lays out in excruciating detail in The Plot Against America.

“Inside the newly created Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), teams of young tech operatives are systematically dismantling democratic institutions and replacing them with proprietary artificial intelligence systems. Civil servants who raise legal objections are being removed. Government databases are being migrated to private servers. Decision-making power is being transferred from elected officials and career bureaucrats to algorithms controlled by a small network of Silicon Valley elites…

“DOGE is not about efficiency. It is about erasure. Democracy is being deleted in slow motion, replaced by proprietary technology and AI models. It is a coup, executed not with guns, but with backend migrations and database wipes.”

Brock goes on to explain the 16 year backstory, beginning with the 2008 financial crisis that led to not only massive financial hardship, but a significant loss of faith in financial and governmental  institutions. Techno-libertarian ideologues began shifting their analysis that the ultimate problem was government regulation rather than  democracy itself was unstable and inefficient. The solution was a technologically “rational” system, based on artificial intelligence, with governance privatized/corporatized. He explains the roles played by the Tea Party, Zero Hedge , InfoWars/Alex Jones, Steve Bannon and Silicon Valley in creating an anti-democratic alternative culture.

Techno-libertarian ideology gave way to “neoreactionary” ideology, which included the concept of “exiting” or opting out entirely of existing political structures.

“The pipeline from techno-libertarianism to neoreaction often follows a predictable path: It begins with a libertarian critique of government inefficiency and overreach. This evolves into a broader skepticism of all democratic institutions, seen as slow and irrational compared to the speed and logic of technology. Eventually, this leads to the conclusion that democracy itself is an outdated system, incompatible with rapid technological progress. The final step is embracing the idea that democracy should be replaced entirely with more ‘efficient’ forms of governance, often modeled on corporate structures or technological systems…

“This is precisely where libertarianism morphs into neoreaction. Instead of advocating for a constitutional republic with minimal government, this new strain of thought pushes for a private, post-democratic order, where those with the most resources and technological control dictate the rules. In this vision, power doesn’t rest with the people – it belongs to the most competent ‘executives’ running society like a CEO would run a company…

The rise of cryptocurrencies assumed a critical role in this evolution. Musk has been a huge influencer of cryptos, including Dogecoin. Trump’s executive order creating DOGE was a nod to Musk’s support of the meme coin.

Brock explains the connection of cryptocurrencies to this attempted anti-democratic techno-takeover: “What started as a tool for financial freedom became…the foundation for entirely new forms of governance outside traditional state structures. This transformation – from seeing crypto as a means of individual empowerment within existing systems to viewing it as a way to build entirely new political entities – mirrors the broader shift from techno-libertarianism to neo-reaction in Silicon Valley.” 

People like Silicon Valley billionaire and J.D. Vance financial backer Peter Thiel “began to see cryptocurrency not just as a new financial instrument, but as a tool for fundamentally restructuring society…

“When Musk gains control of Treasury payment systems, or Trump declares he won't enforce laws he dislikes, they're implementing ideas incubated in the crypto world. The notion that code can replace democratic institutions, that technical competence should override democratic negotiation, and that private power should supersede public authority – these ideas moved from crypto theory to political practice…

“First, remove career officials who might resist on legal or constitutional grounds. Then, install private technical infrastructure that makes oversight impossible. The goal isn’t just to change who runs government agencies – it’s to fundamentally transform how power operates, shifting it from democratic institutions to technical systems controlled by a small elite…

“[T]hese thinkers argued that democracy was inefficient. Then, they created technological tools – cryptocurrency, blockchain governance, and AI-driven decision-making – to bypass democratic institutions entirely. Now, they’re no longer experimenting. They are seizing control of government infrastructure itself, reprogramming it in real-time to function according to their vision.

“This is why focusing solely on the technical aspects of what's happening inside agencies misses the deeper transformation underway. Every unauthorized server, every AI model, every removed civil servant represents another step in converting democratic governance into…a system where society is run like a corporation, with clear ownership and control rather than democratic deliberation. The infrastructure being built isn't meant to serve democratic ends – it's meant to make democracy itself obsolete…

“What’s happening inside the Department of Government Efficiency is the final phase of this plan. The old democratic institutions, weakened by years of deliberate destabilization, are being replaced in real-time by proprietary AI systems controlled not by elected officials, but by the same network of Silicon Valley operatives who engineered the crisis in the first place.”

Taking action

This direct assault on the principle and practice of public control over public policies and proposed complete corporate control of governance may seem too hidden and complicated to fully grasp. 

The same was once said about the legal mumbo-jumbo of the Supreme Court in granting corporations the legal rights of persons. That was until people figured out what was going on, began to publicly expose the outlandish decisions that by affirming the rights of corporations threatened the rights of human beings, not to mention a livable natural world. 

The same is the case with the perceived inevitability of current conditions. Corporate constitutional rights was an intentional legal strategy to concentrate and insulate private power. DOGE is part of a decade-long strategy as outlined in The Plot Against America. Both can and will be stopped if We, the People educate, advocate and organize.

There’s already been resistance to DOGE via lawsuits, the recent nation-wide 50501 protests and public actions by federal workers targeted by DOGE spending cuts. Musk just yesterday showed up at a PR stunt in the Oval Office with Trump to claim DOGE’s is not operating in secret and will abide by court rulings, as well as to defend its mission to cut wasteful spending and to make government more efficient. Popular support for wasteful spending is a front for complete corporate control. 

So, what to do? 

1. Read the above article. Do your own research. Become more familiar with what the anti-democratic technocrats are trying to do.
   
   
2. Share what you know and have learned with others. That includes this blast. The url link is HERE.  
   
   
3. Contact your legislators.  Urge them to do all they can to slow down Musk by demanding that he complies with (1)  18 U.S.C. § 208, a criminal statute prohibiting federal employees from participating in matters that affect their financial interests, and (2) the STOCK Act of 2012, which explicitly prohibits federal officials from using nonpublic information gained through their position for private profit. Musk’s efforts to cut Congressionally-approved federal spending is blatantly and constitutionally illegal. Only Congress controls the purse strings. They need to publicly state this repeatedly. They need to forcefully blow the whistle on the fundamental mission of DOGE -- to disembowel democratic governance with techno-corporate rule. 
   
   
4. While contacting your legislators, urge them to become an initial co-sponsor of the We the People Amendment when it’s introduced in the next month by Rep. Pramila Jayapal (i.e. have them email Kenny Mok at [email protected] in her office). Abolishing corporate constitutional rights and making it possible for We the People to regulate, limit, or prohibit contributions and expenditures is critical for increasing people power over the power of billionaires and corporate entities. Afterall, part of what’s happening is that Musk and other billionaire and corporate investors of Trump’s campaign are merely getting a return on their political investment by targeting for elimination government regulations of corporations and cutting federal spending of social programs to extend, if not expand, tax breaks. 

Onwards and upwards!

Tara, Cole, Alfonso, Shelly, George, Daniel, Kelsey, Jennie, Keyan, Michael, Katie, Cat, Hanaan, Jason, Jessica, & Greg

Move to Amend National Team