" For years, government ownership and oversight has been demonized as the very thing that leads to inefficiencies and bad business practices. "

This was their position just a few months back. This was the reason DOGE existed. At least that's what they said.

But it was never about that. It was always about the fact that they felt that they didn't have control of the government so they didn't want it dictating terms to them. Now that they have control and believe they always will -- now they believe that government should control everything.

You can see this exemplified in their positions on abortion. At first, when they only controlled some states, they were very emphatic that abortion should be a per-state issue and always should have been one - because this would allow them to at least illegalize it in some states rather than none. Once they controlled the whole country, they were very emphatic that it should be a country-wide issue and always should have been one - because this would allow them to illegalize it in all states rather than some.