The real answer is respect for institutions and process is part of the shared identity and throwing that away isn't easy when you've always believed in it. Part of being a villain this time is trashing decorum and it's hard to align with that.

We Americans are definitely the bad guys now. That's like a family courts judge telling an abuse victim to come back when she's ready for peace.

My soul and my country are worth more than a $5000 bribe.

How can I, as an individual contributor for my company, operate at a higher standard of ethical behavior than the President of the United States? This is yet another degradation of the rule of law specifically to help him and his cronies.

So what, he's signing us up for imperialist genocide?

I guess we're just going full-on imperialist, huh? Complete with the traditional human rights abuses?

Trump you can sign whatever you want, but we will hold you accountable every step of the way. Law and order matter!

Correction taken, thank you. My phrasing was sloppy in giving DOGE too much status and, yes, these appointments are poisonous to the function of our institutions.

That's part of the heartache here. We trust leadership with broad powers on behalf of the people. Trust. When someone violates that, we don't have a lot of ability to stop them. The legislative and judicial branches need to preserve and exercise their power.
But, you know...

Exactly. This needs to be challenged vigorously at every level.
The law doesn't mean anything if we don't enforce it.

This buyout is another scam. No process has been followed, the money for it has not been authorized by Congress, and existing rules have a $25k cap on buyouts.
Reddit users are pointing out that some of the verbiage is the same as a similar letter to Twitter employees. They didn't get paid either.

Get it, sir! Hold the line!

10/10
What will you tell your children
When they ask what words you chose
When Mother Mercy looked away
And the sky was thick with crows.

(9/10)Today they came for the trans folx and the migrants. We've all read the poem, people. What are you going to do?

Think hard. This is the day.

I'm going to close with some lines borrowed from a Canadian folk singer, Heather Dale.

(8/?) Instead of focusing on core principals of governance, we are getting bigotry by executive fiat. The way people live in their own bodies and hearts is being subject to governmental discrimination. It's loathsome and should be beneath us.