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[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

Nothing the Trump administration does is about efficiency. It's about dismantling. All of it. Once there is no government left, the powerful can dictate and enforce their own laws. Or, to use Elon Musks words from February:

"We [the rich] are sick of financing you. You want health care? Befriend a doctor. You want entertainment? Go roll around the mud with your fellow pigs." Edit: Apparently not a real quote and was a fake screenshot.

And while we're at it, please stop treating DOGE as if it was an official government agency. It is not. They have no mandate. They are an extra-legal entity that lawlessly meddles with REAL government agencies. A private company headed by a private individual, currently in the process of dismantling what government we have left. And each day its less. Because each day people chose to NOT riot in the streets (except those few who do, bless you).

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago

"We [the rich] are sick of financing you. You want health care? Befriend a doctor. You want entertainment? Go roll around the mud with your fellow pigs."

This is apparently not a real quote from Musk: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/musk-billionaires-tired/

Plenty to be concerned about, all the more reason it’s important to be factual.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

who needs 'research' when we're headed back in time anyway.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Nailed on. And that quote, spread it far and wide.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

It does create many more opportunities to fire people for cause. If they literally cannot do their job, they will get bad performance reviews, providing cause for dismissal. Problem solved!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

They are very efficient at undermining science.