This makes total sense if you accurately frame DOGE as an ideological assault on the federal government rather than accepting the cover story of a cost-cutting exercise www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb... - ThreadSky

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dorianlynskey.bsky.social • 4 days ago

This makes total sense if you accurately frame DOGE as an ideological assault on the federal government rather than accepting the cover story of a cost-cutting exercise

https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/elon-musk-doge-savings-trump-rcna203051

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guitarmoog.bsky.social•4 days ago

An entirely vibes-based government department with its only output also being (bad) vibes.

simonmountjoy.bsky.social•4 days ago

Are you saying there's a chance there won't be any $5000 checks being sent out?

vivalasmecca.bsky.social•4 days ago

Maybe there’s another adjacent frame, which was to get access to our data. more than ideology, there’s money. And how do you dominate? By owning all the pieces. What are the pieces in the modern world? The data.

dorianlynskey.bsky.social•4 days ago

That’s part of it but not the main agenda in my view. Smashing USAID, for example, doesn’t acquire data, it just kills people

vivalasmecca.bsky.social•4 days ago

True, I agree there’s a deep agenda driving it as well.

scorcerer.bsky.social•4 days ago

Another way of phrasing it is that they could in theory add ALL those jobs and functions back at no ongoing cost. It's an advert for expansive government that works towards civic good.

pwrussell.bsky.social•4 days ago

It’s not even an attempt to ‘reduce the size’ of govt. It’s a calculated move to destroy it and replace it with something else entirely.

adrian-of-oceania.bsky.social•4 days ago

And this probably doesn't even factor in all the future awards for damages

philst.bsky.social•4 days ago

So what is the likelihood that given these people defrauded the government, acted in bad faith, and were lead by someone WHO COULD NOT GET A SECURITY CLEARANCE, that Anyone will see repercussions?

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