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Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) could be an implementation of Retire All Government Employees (RAGE), an idea that is part of the Dark Enlightenment

Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) could be an implementation of Retire All Government Employees (RAGE), an idea that is part of the Dark Enlightenment movement. Another inspiration could be the Ministry of Deregulation and State Transformation of Argentina. Over there they call it "the chainsaw".

tomrod 2y ago
Walk and talks like a duck. This is an attempt at Yarvin's Butterfly revolution. Failing too, because courts know how to prioritize and take past actions into account, but wasteful nonetheless. I hear loads of Feds saying to hold the line. Less have taken Musk's RAGE offer than what normally retire in a given year.
- potsandpans 2y ago
  That's an optimistic take unfortunately. From what I can see, the attempt is going tremendously well. We'll have to see how brazen the trump admin really is prepared to be here. If they are all in, they'll ignore the courts and the doj will do nothing about it. Which has already been telegraphed. From what ive seen, The feds are saying "hold the line" mostly to cope with the situation. If this admin wants to retire them, they will. Its hard to hold the line when your access is shut off and your paycheck stops coming in. It's not a great situation. We're basically just sitting and waiting to see how much this administration is bluffing, with no reasonable answer for what to do if they are not -- in fact -- bluffing. When they start ignoring the courts... what next? Do we hope the military intervenes?
  - tomrod 2y ago
    6% of Feds retire annually. 2.5% or so gave taken the offer. This is not wide success. I agree, the blitzkrieg on democracy really needs to stop. Per doge goals, doge is highly inefficient and lacking oversight.
    - potsandpans 2y ago
      We'll see
    - 29athrowaway 2y ago
      In the 90s, Clinton did something similar and wasn't seen as a blitzkrieg on democracy.
      - tomrod 2y ago
        I think we can both agree Clinton was neither trying to rob the government blind nor bypassing Congress completely in taking over and shuttering independent agencies. Nor was he implementing Yarvin's vision for RAGE as step 2 towards the Dark Enlightenment.

tomrod 2y ago

Walk and talks like a duck. This is an attempt at Yarvin's Butterfly revolution. Failing too, because courts know how to prioritize and take past actions into account, but wasteful nonetheless. I hear loads of Feds saying to hold the line. Less have taken Musk's RAGE offer than what normally retire in a given year.

potsandpans 2y ago
That's an optimistic take unfortunately. From what I can see, the attempt is going tremendously well. We'll have to see how brazen the trump admin really is prepared to be here. If they are all in, they'll ignore the courts and the doj will do nothing about it. Which has already been telegraphed. From what ive seen, The feds are saying "hold the line" mostly to cope with the situation. If this admin wants to retire them, they will. Its hard to hold the line when your access is shut off and your paycheck stops coming in. It's not a great situation. We're basically just sitting and waiting to see how much this administration is bluffing, with no reasonable answer for what to do if they are not -- in fact -- bluffing. When they start ignoring the courts... what next? Do we hope the military intervenes?
- tomrod 2y ago
  6% of Feds retire annually. 2.5% or so gave taken the offer. This is not wide success. I agree, the blitzkrieg on democracy really needs to stop. Per doge goals, doge is highly inefficient and lacking oversight.
  - potsandpans 2y ago
    We'll see
  - 29athrowaway 2y ago
    In the 90s, Clinton did something similar and wasn't seen as a blitzkrieg on democracy.
    - tomrod 2y ago
      I think we can both agree Clinton was neither trying to rob the government blind nor bypassing Congress completely in taking over and shuttering independent agencies. Nor was he implementing Yarvin's vision for RAGE as step 2 towards the Dark Enlightenment.