No way to replace broken shovels. Meaningless busywork censoring forbidden words. Toilet paper shortages. How the “Department of Government Efficiency” is making the federal government almost comically inefficient: wapo.st/4kLpNcW - ThreadSky

crampell.bsky.social • 3 days ago

No way to replace broken shovels. Meaningless busywork censoring forbidden words. Toilet paper shortages.
How the “Department of Government Efficiency” is making the federal government almost comically inefficient:

https://wapo.st/4kLpNcW

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patfeb55.bsky.social•3 days ago

The key is always the words chosen to describe the agencies or movements... "Efficiency", "Patriots" or "Patriotism", etc.

morningbear.bsky.social•3 days ago

They are a mafia

rsavir.bsky.social•3 days ago

Trump is obviously incompetent at many things. If you imagine that the true goal is to reduce the # of people who work for the federal government, though, then although these moves are still incompetent, I think they at least point in a direction.

jpure.bsky.social•3 days ago

The deplorable lumpenproletariat MAGA Sieg Heil racist cult shall reap what they saw. A balkanized America would be my preferred outcome where the parasitic states below the Mason Dixon line/Midwest can have a Christo fascist caliphate and blue states will continue America as an inclusive country.

michaelbruceschaub.bsky.social•3 days ago

They're not looking for efficiency, it's the Department of Government Extermination...

lovedemocracytoday.bsky.social•3 days ago

The point is to make it so government stops working and get rid of most of it. Let China and Russia rule the world

markwhittier.bsky.social•3 days ago

This would be a good time for folks to revisit, or just read Michael Lewis' book "The Fifth Risk"(2017), about what govt. agencies actually do to help Americans, and how sabotaging them has immediate and downstream risks.

flyingwedge72.bsky.social•3 days ago

Destruction of functionality is fundamental for shift in public opinion for privatization.

jozienty.bsky.social•3 days ago

Well, of course “efficiency” isn’t the goal. The goal is to make the government inefficient; to break it and then say “look, it doesn’t work, so we need to get rid of it, sell the parts to the private businesses who will do a better job.” That’s always been the plan.

econprof1.bsky.social•3 days ago

Add to this the fact that people are being forced to go into offices everyday. Many of these offices have been radically downsized in terms of space. People are waiting on line to access basic resources at work.

That's efficiency for you!

cats110.bsky.social•3 days ago

The goal is to destroy the government. PLEASE check out Curtis Yarvin, crackpot former rightwing blogger. He has quietly developed massive influence with the hard right. His neo-reactionary, neo-totalitarian philosophy is what's driving this disaster.

davidnums.bsky.social•3 days ago

With Putin the one really in charge, I'm guessing even inefficiency would be considered an achievement.

lawrencemoratl.bsky.social•3 days ago

That’s their MO. Soon they’ll say “The Federal Government is too inefficient; we need to privatize this/that department”. Just wait for it. This is NOT a new tactic.

cyecyeee.bsky.social•3 days ago

They are reaching their goal. Sadly efficiency is not that goal. Never was. America needs to wake up and embrace that fact.

jillco.bsky.social•3 days ago

That's the point.

cdrjames.bsky.social•3 days ago

Exactly their plan

dogsforpeace.bsky.social•2 days ago

Shameful

dogsforpeace.bsky.social•3 days ago

Stop DOGE

crampell.bsky.social•3 days ago

Omg did not realize this was a standard Musk trick https://bsky.app/profile/fuelbot.me/post/3lkvu74ubzk2l

monax.bsky.social•3 days ago

It's not even intentional, Musk is just so incredibly full of shit that he uses it all

💩 - this is a true shitpost

robertgreenhaus.bsky.social•3 days ago

The narcissism runs deep.

mamadugg.bsky.social•3 days ago

Well squeeze every penny you can and squeeze every employee. But then who will do the work? Oh wait! He can just bring in folks from outside the US because he can’t find qualified help and he can hold them hostage snd work them to death paying them pennies. Brilliant plan!

4legsgood.bsky.social•3 days ago

This made me look at Twitter employment reviews on Glassdoor...interesting, especially the Twitter->X comparisons.

sbpnw.bsky.social•3 days ago

Yep. Neither he or Trump understand how to run an operating business, because they care neither for the employees or the “public.” As sociopaths, breaking things that aren’t yours, then taking anything of value left over is the entire scope of their plan

mrbasepauly.bsky.social•3 days ago

Character Limit is a great read for Musk takeover of Twitter. It’s comically insane how he’s following same exact playbook.

zaph0d42.bsky.social•2 days ago

Yep.
He's been doing this kind of crap for years.

ariabehbuh.bsky.social•3 days ago

From dictatorship - ever heard of expense quotas so low that co-workers would spy on each other and make internal enemies and thieves and traitors of gov? It creates terror, and it is straight out of a communist playbook. Orange Putin Y'All. Instead of 🔥 📖, please read them. You might learn smth.

marcus0923.bsky.social•3 days ago

Maybe he doesn’t wipe and doesn’t understand the need. I mean, pretty much everything else about him stinks, so it would be on brand.

lemonphosphate.bsky.social•3 days ago

I think there's a super-secret, hyper-exclusive reality game show -- a contest to be the world's biggest jerk. Elon is in it to win.

cyecyeee.bsky.social•3 days ago

Makes sense now Mr. BEAST has stepped up his game too now.

fuelbot.me•3 days ago

Let's not forget, we've been here before.

daplander.bsky.social•3 days ago

pjro.bsky.social•3 days ago

Another fantastic column, Ms. Rampell. Trump, Musk, and other MAGA/GOP leaders know that they are making government employee job performance less efficient and effective. They want less job performance.

sqzypzy.bsky.social•3 days ago

They cut our cleaning, trash and mail services. We only have trash twice a week now, and guess what? They missed today.

writerfilmmaker77.bsky.social•2 days ago

I think April is going to be a critical month in U.S. History. The Federal Courts & Judges & ultimately The Supreme Court could be pivotal in saving our democracy. We know what's coming, se we need to be prepared.
“AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION IS WORTH A POUND OF CURE" #RemoveTheThreat #TheTimeIsNOW

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