| ▲ | hamhock666 2 days ago |
| It has to be done quickly because the administrative state is large and there is a lot to do. Institutions grow old with time and need drastic reform or replacement. I don’t know what they will replace everything with, ideally they have a bunch of smart people thinking about that. Look at how FDR used the Bureau of the Budget to similar effect. |
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| ▲ | dTal 2 days ago | parent [-] |
| > I don’t know what they will replace everything with, ideally they have a bunch of smart people thinking about that Kind of the key issue dontcha think? Maybe woulda been good to know that before burning down the government? "ideally they have a bunch of smart people thinking about that" is exactly what the government is for. We had a bunch of smart people thinking about a lot of our problems. They're fired now. |
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| ▲ | lc9er 2 days ago | parent | next [-] | | The idea that government isn’t filled with tons of smart, hard working people is infuriating. Not every smart and ambitious person wants to spend their life in a rent-seeking job, building the next subscription-based app. There’s thousands upon thousands of dedicated government workers that could earn more in private industry, but view the work as a higher calling. | | |
| ▲ | hamhock666 2 days ago | parent | next [-] | | Yes you just need to reorganize those smart people into a new system. I don’t agree with everything being done. | |
| ▲ | nielsbot 2 days ago | parent | prev [-] | | So true. It's a damn shame what DOGE is doing to the government I paid for. Tearing it down and replacing it with something leaner, faster, better (fingers crossed) is just nonsensical libertarianism all over again. |
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| ▲ | nielsbot 2 days ago | parent | prev [-] | | This is where the libertarian approach always falls apart. "ideally" this and "ideally" that. In the real world however libertarianism is a ridiculous fantasy which will harm everyone except the very rich. |
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