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Crashing the Car of Pax Americana

9 points by Ozarkian 2y ago

suraci 2y ago
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- baq 2y ago
  Google is shit these days, but not that shit
  - suraci 2y ago
``` noun a state of relative international peace regarded as overseen by the US (or the UK). ``` ``` Pax Americana[1][2][3] (Latin for 'American Peace', modeled after Pax Romana and Pax Britannica), often identified with the "Long Peace", is a term applied to the concept of relative peace in the Western Hemisphere and later in the world after the end of World War II in 1945, when the United States of America[4] became the world's foremost economic, cultural, and military power exercising primary responsibilities for world order. ``` "Long Peace" google is not that shit, the noun is
_aavaa_ 2y ago
> The truth is that a Department of Government Efficiency is a really good idea. Lost me on this “truth”. Yes, it is important to have oversight and ensure funds are spent well and on what they should be spent on. But DOGE is not that, it’s so clearly incompetent at that. It’s Musk and a bunch of techies thinking they know best how to do things. They act, as par for the course for tech, that the first time they have an idea is the first time anyone’s had it. A department of government efficiency already exists, it’s called the Government Accountability Office.
- baq 2y ago
  Efficiency and accountability are different things. The idea of DOGE is good, I mean you don't even disagree yourself. This particular implementation is... about as good as you could expect, i.e. horrendous. Kids grind leetcode, but nobody makes them grind 'the purpose of a system is what it does' litanies.
  - _aavaa_ 2y ago
    GAO already looks at efficiency. From Wikipedia: DOGE: “ cutting federal spending which it characterizes as "waste, fraud, and abuse"” GAO: “auditing agency operations to determine whether federal funds are being spent efficiently and effectively; investigating allegations of illegal and improper activities; reporting on how well government programs and policies are meeting their objectives; performing policy analyses and outlining options for congressional consideration;”

9 points by Ozarkian 2y ago

suraci 2y ago

[flagged]

baq 2y ago
Google is shit these days, but not that shit
- suraci 2y ago
``` noun a state of relative international peace regarded as overseen by the US (or the UK). ``` ``` Pax Americana[1][2][3] (Latin for 'American Peace', modeled after Pax Romana and Pax Britannica), often identified with the "Long Peace", is a term applied to the concept of relative peace in the Western Hemisphere and later in the world after the end of World War II in 1945, when the United States of America[4] became the world's foremost economic, cultural, and military power exercising primary responsibilities for world order. ``` "Long Peace" google is not that shit, the noun is

_aavaa_ 2y ago

> The truth is that a Department of Government Efficiency is a really good idea. Lost me on this “truth”. Yes, it is important to have oversight and ensure funds are spent well and on what they should be spent on. But DOGE is not that, it’s so clearly incompetent at that. It’s Musk and a bunch of techies thinking they know best how to do things. They act, as par for the course for tech, that the first time they have an idea is the first time anyone’s had it. A department of government efficiency already exists, it’s called the Government Accountability Office.

baq 2y ago
Efficiency and accountability are different things. The idea of DOGE is good, I mean you don't even disagree yourself. This particular implementation is... about as good as you could expect, i.e. horrendous. Kids grind leetcode, but nobody makes them grind 'the purpose of a system is what it does' litanies.
- _aavaa_ 2y ago
  GAO already looks at efficiency. From Wikipedia: DOGE: “ cutting federal spending which it characterizes as "waste, fraud, and abuse"” GAO: “auditing agency operations to determine whether federal funds are being spent efficiently and effectively; investigating allegations of illegal and improper activities; reporting on how well government programs and policies are meeting their objectives; performing policy analyses and outlining options for congressional consideration;”