What is DOGE and Why The Obsession?

DOGE: The Modern Origins

DOGE (pronounced DOHJ) was a meme.

It’s a misspelling of “dog” and is associated with the Shiba Inu breed that eventually became one of the most viral images on the internet.

You’ve seen the images:

Now it’s this:

The world has to suffer through four years of a certain business leader and his insufferable bullsh!t about how the tyrants of the world are trying to control him.

There’s nothing like sour grapes coming from the world’s richest man to permanently turn you off Teslas and anything decent the guy has done.

Here we have the world’s richest man and Donald Trump has assigned him to control the world’s largest economy.

Buckle up kids, we’re in for a hell of a ride!

DOGE: The Coin

There’s a pattern happening here and I’m intrigued at the continuity. First there was the dog, then the coin, then the department. But is there also a more sinister history in the making?

Let’s start with the coin.

The unreal currency spiked in ‘performance’ in recent months as we went from speculation in the early days of the election to realization on November 6, 2024 where half the American population handed over control of the White House to a packed clown car.

This cringeworthy moment itself should be reported to the SEC for massive levels of manipulation, but the world has brushed it off.

Insanity has prevailed.

Fake currencies, aka Ponzi Schemes, will continue to be all the rage in the coming years.

Our entire economies will be as convertible as comic books or Pokemon cards.

But not Legendary Pokemon cards. I’m talking first-level Bulbasaurs and sh!t stuff that you use on your bike wheels to make flappy motor sounds.

Do people do that any more?

Anyways, speaking of people doing silly things: expect PoiLIEvre to hop on board … again.

Assuming he gets clearance some day.

DOGE: The Department

The Department of Government Efficiency.

What a fuc&ing ridiculous George Orwell, over the top, this is beyond insane, absurd, Brazilian concept.

By definition, government bodies aren’t meant to be efficient.

As Paul Krugman said, governments (especially the US) are essentially paid armies with an insurance wing.

The incoming US administration will quickly discover that they can try to trim around the edges of government largesse, but eventually they’re going to have to go after military spending and the grand waste that occurs with MediCare and similar programs.

They may even learn that government is not business and that what governments do best is transfer money from you and me and ship it off to shareholders.

And when they do, who’s going to have to grapple with the biggest hit?

Middle MAGA America.

Users of a once-popular social media platform are fleeing by the millions to join BlueSky or Mastodon, with companies and advertisers following suit. Will companies flee the new government purge programs and return to supporting people that actually know what they’re doing when it comes to government?

Maybe I’m wrong, but I know this: whatever happens from here on in lies COMPLETELY at the door of the populist right.

Is There Something More … Sinister … Behind the Minister?

The original meaning of DOGE?

It’s the head of state with several Italian city-states before Italy was Italy.

‘DOGANs’ was a label for early Roman Catholics. In the very early days of Christianity, the Dogans considered themselves supreme and placed themselves in charge of the church, the military and many other facets of power and manipulation.

The first Doge was in Venice in 698 CE and the line of Doges continued until roughly 1800 CE.

They shunned voting and typically opted for permanent roles.

The office of Doge faded as democratic institutions became more popular throughout Europe.

Events to look forward to?