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Related: https://www.404media.co/github-is-showing-the-trump-administration-scrubbing-government-web-pages-in-real-time/ https://www.404media.co/github-is-showi

Related: https://www.404media.co/github-is-showing-the-trump-administration-scrubbing-government-web-pages-in-real-time/ https://www.404media.co/github-is-showing-the-trump-administ... TLDR; they are removing woke content and functionality, e.g. related to DEI

xyst 2y ago
That was last month. Today, it was announced the entire group will get 86’d https://fedscoop.com/gsa-shutters-18f-possibly-leaving-agencies-in-the-lurch/ https://fedscoop.com/gsa-shutters-18f-possibly-leaving-agenc... Probably best to fork or archive the repos. Wouldn’t be surprised if it gets nuked/erased by next week
- Sabinus 2y ago
  An actual group driving efficiency and digitisation of government services? Why would Elon eliminate such a thing?
  - alabastervlog 2y ago
    That’s not the point of Elon’s actions, aside from generating headlines that let them throw chaff to make the casual observer think that might be something they’re doing and succeeding at.
  - dboreham 2y ago
    For the lulz.
  - acdha 2y ago
    If his true goal isn’t efficiency but axing regulators and profitable outsourcing opportunities, the last thing he wants is a group which shows that the government can be efficient, filled with smarter people who can contradict his pretexts when they aren’t supported by the facts. The USSR’s apparatchiks (their DOGE equivalent) were not fond of people who would point out errors their claims, either, because errors damaged the impression of the party as the source of truth.
  - beej71 2y ago
    There's too much evidence contradicting the notion that his goal is efficiency. Not sure what it actually is, but if it is efficiency, he's worse than useless and needs to be shitcanned yesterday.
    - neycoda 2y ago
      Efficient for Musk's personal galactic ambitions.
malcolmgreaves 2y ago
Wrong. They’re eliminating it because it’s a successful agency. Elon wants to steal your tax dollars. So he’s destroying the government so he can sell you something half as good for 10x the price.
- Bellyache5 2y ago
  Elon Musk is the richest person in the world with a reported net worth of $359.4 billion[1]. Why does he want to steal our tax dollars? What indication is there that further self-enrichment is his goal? [1] https://www.forbes.com/profile/elon-musk/ https://www.forbes.com/profile/elon-musk/
  - alabastervlog 2y ago
    My pet theory is he's still mad about being forced to buy Twitter after he opened his big stupid high-as-a-kite mouth, and decided to channel his anger into wrecking the organization that, ultimately, was what made him follow through on that deal (the US government).
  - tialaramex 2y ago
    If you were asking what is Musk's motivation to knock over a corner store then sure, hundreds of billions of dollars argues against. But the US government spent over $6 trillion last year, if Elon ran AmericaX, a "much more efficient" replacement for the United States of America it makes hundreds of billions seem like chicken feed. But sure, money isn't everything, maybe he's going to destroy some bureaucrats who annoyed him, or who he imagines annoyed him, or who symbolically represent some annoying idea. It doesn't really matter why, American voters apparently weren't even capable of imagining why it might be a bad idea - which isn't great, but the American system of government is especially ill-suited to solving this sort of problem which compounds that.
  - mdhb 2y ago
    Yes, excellent theory, rich people are famously not greedy assholes.

xyst 2y ago

That was last month. Today, it was announced the entire group will get 86’d https://fedscoop.com/gsa-shutters-18f-possibly-leaving-agencies-in-the-lurch/ https://fedscoop.com/gsa-shutters-18f-possibly-leaving-agenc... Probably best to fork or archive the repos. Wouldn’t be surprised if it gets nuked/erased by next week

Sabinus 2y ago
An actual group driving efficiency and digitisation of government services? Why would Elon eliminate such a thing?
- alabastervlog 2y ago
  That’s not the point of Elon’s actions, aside from generating headlines that let them throw chaff to make the casual observer think that might be something they’re doing and succeeding at.
- dboreham 2y ago
  For the lulz.
- acdha 2y ago
  If his true goal isn’t efficiency but axing regulators and profitable outsourcing opportunities, the last thing he wants is a group which shows that the government can be efficient, filled with smarter people who can contradict his pretexts when they aren’t supported by the facts. The USSR’s apparatchiks (their DOGE equivalent) were not fond of people who would point out errors their claims, either, because errors damaged the impression of the party as the source of truth.
- beej71 2y ago
  There's too much evidence contradicting the notion that his goal is efficiency. Not sure what it actually is, but if it is efficiency, he's worse than useless and needs to be shitcanned yesterday.
  - neycoda 2y ago
    Efficient for Musk's personal galactic ambitions.

malcolmgreaves 2y ago

Wrong. They’re eliminating it because it’s a successful agency. Elon wants to steal your tax dollars. So he’s destroying the government so he can sell you something half as good for 10x the price.

Bellyache5 2y ago
Elon Musk is the richest person in the world with a reported net worth of $359.4 billion[1]. Why does he want to steal our tax dollars? What indication is there that further self-enrichment is his goal? [1] https://www.forbes.com/profile/elon-musk/ https://www.forbes.com/profile/elon-musk/
- alabastervlog 2y ago
  My pet theory is he's still mad about being forced to buy Twitter after he opened his big stupid high-as-a-kite mouth, and decided to channel his anger into wrecking the organization that, ultimately, was what made him follow through on that deal (the US government).
- tialaramex 2y ago
  If you were asking what is Musk's motivation to knock over a corner store then sure, hundreds of billions of dollars argues against. But the US government spent over $6 trillion last year, if Elon ran AmericaX, a "much more efficient" replacement for the United States of America it makes hundreds of billions seem like chicken feed. But sure, money isn't everything, maybe he's going to destroy some bureaucrats who annoyed him, or who he imagines annoyed him, or who symbolically represent some annoying idea. It doesn't really matter why, American voters apparently weren't even capable of imagining why it might be a bad idea - which isn't great, but the American system of government is especially ill-suited to solving this sort of problem which compounds that.
- mdhb 2y ago
  Yes, excellent theory, rich people are famously not greedy assholes.