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If they did it the "normal" way, there would be so much time wasted that it would be useless. Elon already proved that taking a chainsaw to a large org has pra
by blindriver 2y ago
If they did it the "normal" way, there would be so much time wasted that it would be useless.
Elon already proved that taking a chainsaw to a large org has practically no effect on the outcome. He fired over 80% of Twitter and even I thought it would go down for days at a time at some point, but I was wrong. He's taking this experience and acting at scale on the Federal government.
I don't know if he's right or he's wrong, but I'm willing to try it out and live with the consequences.
- karaterobot 2y agoIf the only problem in government is that agencies are overstaffed, this move addresses it. But, if it's anything other than that, it doesn't, and at some point a plan will have to be developed on an agency-specific basis to implement real fixes. By firing people and ruining morale, Musk is leaving the remaining people to do more work with fewer resources. Since I don't assume Musk or DOGE is going to spend the time to embed with the agencies and come up with innovative, tactical, agency-specific fixes, who will? The remaining workforce, who is demoralized, and understaffed? I'm not confident that will work. Twitter seems like a dysfunctional company at this point, and I'm not sure it's a good model for how to fix government.
- blindriver 2y ago[flagged]
- karaterobot 2y agoWhat's your basis for saying this? I think the problem is Musk guessing how to fix a series of institutions he's not an expert in, which is clearly and obviously a mistake. I suppose we'll see how it turns out, but the stakes aren't low.
- AnimalMuppet 2y ago> I'm willing to try it out and live with the consequences. Commendable, in a way. But you're willing to try it out and let everyone else live with the consequences. That's somewhat less commendable.