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All politically-inclined submissions supportive of Elon are also quickly flag-killed. Perhaps it's for the best.

• giraffe_lady 2y ago
  > Perhaps it's for the best. It is not. We bear a lot of the responsibility for creating this situation, we shouldn't be able to just turn away from it now that it ended up where it was always going to.
• anon7000 2y ago
  It's definitely very political. But also very relevant to us, because Elon is applying tech business practices to the federal government. Move fast & break things (great for R&D, awful for organizations that are supposed to be stable), mass-layoffs (and subsequently re-hiring after you figure out what broke), thinking that there's no value in the legacy systems (and not keeping anyone around who might have known that), etc. It's important for us to realize that while tech has been an economic powerhouse, our culture and management practices aren't all good. Esp when it comes to tech CEOs who have been very successful, have a big ego, and think they can do better at anything.
  • someothherguyy 2y ago
    Especially technology CEOs of long term unprofitable companies that were propped up to succeed by government programs favoring research and development. Now that they have a place in the market, it is time to remove those programs for everyone else who may attempt to compete.
• jauntywundrkind 2y ago
  > All politically-inclined submissions supportive of Elon are also quickly flag-killed. Funny, I haven't seen anything remotely commendable about Elon get submitted in months. Doesn't seem like a real issue.