It’s not about saving money and I don’t think in most cases it’s *really* about gutting specific functions (in some cases it definitely is that though); it’s about eliminating internal expertise and checks against all the illegal shit they want to do.
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musk is committed to cutting even the most essential staff to save what is really a budgetary rounding error
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For what things do you need a state, really? Its coercive power.
Not much else. Everything else is an asset to be stripped.
The things happening in Fed contracting right now only make sense in that context.
Aligned goals and incentives for the moment.