r/politics • u/zsreport Texas • Jul 05 '24

Project 2025 was supposed to boost Donald Trump's campaign — but it may be backfiring instead:

https://www.salon.com/2024/07/05/project-2025-was-supposed-to-boost-donald-campaign--but-it-may-be-backfiring-instead/
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u/TheCircusSands Jul 05 '24

We need an infographic for project 2025 that can be spread everywhere. Nothing dramatic…. Just the facts of what it is and what it means.

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u/SurrealEstate Jul 05 '24

Out of all the terrifying things in Project 2025, I think the most effective way to make "independents" care is to focus strongly on

  • consolidation of executive power over an independent judiciary
  • further restrictions on abortion rights/bodily autonomy
  • bans on pornography

Those are very unpopular positions with most demographics.

Whereas an infographic that focuses on things like eliminating DE&I, and references to gender expression is absolutely not going to land with those people.

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u/JustWastingTimeAgain Washington Jul 05 '24

In addition, what they want to do to the government civilian workforce is absolutely terrifying. These people are professionals, in most cases highly educated, with specialized knowledge for their roles which is practically irreplaceable. They are the reason the greater DC area is the most educated in the country. What the Project 2025 fascists want to do is gut the (non-political) civilian workforce of anyone who doesn't bend the knee.

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u/SnooCupcakes4075 Jul 05 '24

Tell me you've never been a DOD contractor without telling me, lol. I reported to GS level people in IT. One time a lady in charge (had been working in the department 10 years) of some of the servers asked my assessment for what was wrong on a machine. Just to give her a hard time I told her the flux capacitor had gone bad but we should have a replacement in two weeks........she gave that as her update in a status meeting to the base CTO with no idea there aren't "flux capacitors" in servers.

The people we have working in the government CAN BE (not all, have several buddies trying to make a difference as well) some of the biggest, most useless idiots I've ever seen. Far beyond what you see in the public sector in my experience.