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[–] [email protected] 32 points 13 hours ago (4 children)

If you're opposed to DOGE, does that mean you're opposed to efficiency in government?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 hours ago

Yes. Emphatically so.

The more efficient government is, the easier it is to usurp power.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 11 hours ago

Do you support democracy?

If so then that must mean you support the DPRK.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 12 hours ago

Government should not be efficient, at least not in what the business class calls "efficiency".

Government is the entity that performs those tasks that need to be done, but nobody wants to do. If those essential tasks can be done "efficiently", everyone is going to want to get paid for doing them.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 13 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

I guess it depends on what is efficient.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 hours ago

The "inefficient" splurges, like the moon project, lead to significant scientific advances...balancing people on a knife edge when it comes to healthcare, etc.