The Art of Value host JJ breaks down how Elon Musk is saying he’s stepping back somewhat from running his Department of Government Efficiency, but is DOGE responsible for illegally taking government data with the aim of building a vast “database of ruin” for a surveillance state? This is exactly what whistleblower Edward Snowden warned about more than a decade ago. 

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 Referenced content:

‘This Is What We Were Always Scared of’: DOGE Is Building a Surveillance State

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/opinion/musk-doge-data-ai.html

Edward Snowden - Turnkey Tyranny https://youtu.be/tzQegCZBqnI

Alleged NSA whistleblower warns of "turnkey tyranny" in U.S. | CBS News  https://youtu.be/BZO3hlTK9zk

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