This reminds me of the people that say they are anti-antifa.

"Anti-propaganda aims to undermine the effectiveness of propaganda by exposing its manipulative tactics, providing alternative perspectives, or offering factual information to counter biased claims.

I’d pick my battles and try to address the most harmful lines of thought first. Like anything medical for example. Deprogramming is a popular topic online so there are some resources out there.

Best of luck, it’ll be difficult until you find a foothold.

Just determining the requirements would be a nightmare.

I’ve worked on teams converting legacy code for most of my life. The planning for something like this would take longer than six months.

If this proceeds in Trump’s corrupt government, Elon will get the contract, will claim it is too broken to salvage, and will privatize it. The only way this goes anywhere is if Trump and musk stand to gain money, and they stand to gain a lot.

Get a burner. Browse some boring content with it: few business websites, maybe some sports scores, maybe snap some photos of landscapes and dogs on the camera roll.

Then you have a functional phone and piece of mind. Making the phone feel “lived in” probably isn’t all that important, but I think it’d be easier to explain than a factory stock pay as you go phone.

Doing something scrappy with an old laptop is cool. Hey, built in UPS if the battery still works!

Doing something powerful and reliable with server class hardware is also very cool.

If it is meeting your needs, I’m happy for you.

The peons will be some of the most impacted, so it is good to stay in the loop. I wouldn’t obsess over what is going on, but a weekly digest of news is helpful.