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Thanks for taking the time to write this. On the few occasions I've had insights to the scale of government waste it's been eye watering. Of course, that doesn't change anything about my views regarding trump and musk, but I agree with your point... How else could someone tackle a problem of this scale?
Regardless though, it was just nice to read a thoughtful point of view that counters the prevailing emotions on here
The issue is they are completely wrong about theor perspective.
Musk and the programmers he brought are incapable of understanding what they are dojng because they have no background in economics other than Musk who repeatedly shows a glawef understanding of Macro.
The budget is massive and almost no individual is equipped to do this quickly.
What they ARE doing us laying the ground work to create a police state. That has been a goal of Musk/Thiel/Ellison for years now.
Organizational waste in general seems like an inevitability. Corporations have waste too -- this isn't unique to governments
Honestly, I used to say the same thing when my background was mostly large multinationals, banks etc. But I've seen things in government contracts that are way beyond anything I came across in the private sector. If I extrapolate my experience across the rest of the government, it's easy to imagine just how much money is being wasted, and most of it goes straight into the hands of huge consultancy firms.
And it makes sense right? The government is held to way more account than the private sector. Ass covering twinned with lack of accountability is rife. Huge amounts of money are thrown into projects that simply cannot fail or some aspect of the country risks complete shut down.
I've no idea what the fix is, but I believe there is an issue here that is unique to the government. Of course though, it's so sad to think that people would turn to hate and fascism as any kind of solution.
And what Musk is doing has nothing to do with efficiency