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As someone that's very invested in seeing the federal government adopt and integrate information technology to make the government more transparent, effective,
by derektank 2y ago
As someone that's very invested in seeing the federal government adopt and integrate information technology to make the government more transparent, effective, and, yes, efficient, this is nothing short of an incredible bummer.
It feels like we're setting the clock back a decade at a time when trust in institutions is already at a nadir and we're facing global threats that only the federal government has the capacity to tackle. I can only hope civil society is able to pick up the slack in the short term and future administrations are able to execute better.
- sho_hn 2y agoHonestly, for me it's a huge silver lining that this generation's descent into facism is as bumbling, incompetent and ineffectual as it is proving so far. We might learn the lesson this time before we actually do tip into world wars and genocide, purely by the price tag of the metaphorical egg.
- fishnchips 2y agoBoth Mussolini and Hitler were seen as bumbling fools by most of their contemporaries. Before they seized power, that is.
- sho_hn 2y agoYou are correct, and this is indeed a valuable lesson: https://archive.is/xh2Ci https://archive.is/xh2Ci I'm still sticking to the comment, even in awareness of history and having entertained the comparison. Let's hope I'm not proven wrong.
- danny_codes 2y agoThey weren’t wrong. Both led their countries through a series of terrible decisions that cost millions of lives and destroyed their own societies. Bumbling fool seems apt to me.
- johnnyanmac 2y agoyou're right, but Hitler could live in the metaphorical shadows for years on end. The information era works for and against us here in showing the truth but also efficiently spreading misinfroamtion. But moments of seeing them objectively on camera will eventually shine the truth.
- Breza 2y agoA Washington Post columnist has been tracking the media coverage of Hitler's first 100 days. It's interesting how much people viewed him as bumbling or harmless or or or. https://www.instagram.com/petula_d/ https://www.instagram.com/petula_d/
- whamlastxmas 2y agoI’m not sure how they can both be ineffectual but also systemically decimating democracy at the same time. Are the ineffective and harmless or effective and damaging?
- jfengel 2y agoThat is not a coincidence. These are the ones who have been deliberately creating distrust in institutions.
- philk10 2y agoExample: “The nine most terrifying words in the English language are 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help.'”
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