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No, not kudos! Before destroying an entire organization, it’s important to know their true impact and how much it’ll hurt to have them gone. So far, I’ve seen

No, not kudos! Before destroying an entire organization, it’s important to know their true impact and how much it’ll hurt to have them gone. So far, I’ve seen zero evidence that deep thought or analysis went into these decisions. In other words, it’s objectively a careless decision. If it’s not careless, then Elon should be sharing evidence, lengthy discussions on his decisions, etc. Plus, there should be a public comment period because Elon sure as SHIT doesn’t have enough context to understand the full impact. I, for one, do not like the fact that the richest man in the world, who still owns multiple companies in conflict with our government, gets to unilaterally make these decisions with no input from the public. Not only is it undemocratic, it’s objectively corrupt! You know, that thing where we expect our federal decision makers to not have severe conflicts of interests? So no, don’t fucking give kudos for shit like this. And a single tweet from one president isn’t enough to justify decisions of this magnitude. If those allegations are true, sure, reform or shutter the department. But do it democratically. Move fast and break shit is not the correct problem solving model to apply to geopolitics or even federal policy, and it’s absurd that this isn’t self evident.

kansface 2y ago
USAID is reputedly the tool of the CIA.
OsrsNeedsf2P 2y ago
> Before destroying an entire organization, it’s important to know their true impact and how much it’ll hurt to have them gone I have to prove my impact every 6 months as an engineer. I expect an entire organization can do the same - the fact there is not a clear impact people can point to speaks volumes.
- lostdog 2y ago
  They release a yearly impact report. Every right-wing comment on this page is just asserting stuff. There's no information in any of them. No attempts to educate or inform. No breakdown or analysis of what USAID does and the cost-benefit of shutting them down. Try doing a little research and writing a paragraph on what USAID does and the pros and cons of shutting them down. It would be good for you.
  - stainablesteel 2y ago
    Nope. There's lots of information both on this page and throughout the internet. You can't reform an institution that's filled with your political opponents when they aim to sabotage you. Many federal employees worked to sabotage Trump in his first term, and how that he has such a strong mandate from the voters he's going after the people who sabotaged him so that the country doesn't destroy itself in a debt spiral.
    - lostdog 2y ago
      That's just a regurgitation of talking points, so I guess there's no conversation to be had here.
      - stainablesteel 2y ago
        Nope, they're not "talking points" it's called reality.
stainablesteel 2y ago
It was done democratically. Trump ran for president on abolishing this deep seated managerial class that controls the federal government, he specified Elon to be at the helm of it and here we are. You have no business pretending this is undemocratic. These offices being shut down are the same people who sabotaged Trump during his first term, they have every right to do this. And if anyone understands large organizations, it's Elon: the man who's proven he's the greatest engineer in the world and that you don't need a PhD to be that.

kansface 2y ago

USAID is reputedly the tool of the CIA.

OsrsNeedsf2P 2y ago

> Before destroying an entire organization, it’s important to know their true impact and how much it’ll hurt to have them gone I have to prove my impact every 6 months as an engineer. I expect an entire organization can do the same - the fact there is not a clear impact people can point to speaks volumes.

lostdog 2y ago
They release a yearly impact report. Every right-wing comment on this page is just asserting stuff. There's no information in any of them. No attempts to educate or inform. No breakdown or analysis of what USAID does and the cost-benefit of shutting them down. Try doing a little research and writing a paragraph on what USAID does and the pros and cons of shutting them down. It would be good for you.
- stainablesteel 2y ago
  Nope. There's lots of information both on this page and throughout the internet. You can't reform an institution that's filled with your political opponents when they aim to sabotage you. Many federal employees worked to sabotage Trump in his first term, and how that he has such a strong mandate from the voters he's going after the people who sabotaged him so that the country doesn't destroy itself in a debt spiral.
  - lostdog 2y ago
    That's just a regurgitation of talking points, so I guess there's no conversation to be had here.
    - stainablesteel 2y ago
      Nope, they're not "talking points" it's called reality.

stainablesteel 2y ago

It was done democratically. Trump ran for president on abolishing this deep seated managerial class that controls the federal government, he specified Elon to be at the helm of it and here we are. You have no business pretending this is undemocratic. These offices being shut down are the same people who sabotaged Trump during his first term, they have every right to do this. And if anyone understands large organizations, it's Elon: the man who's proven he's the greatest engineer in the world and that you don't need a PhD to be that.