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> 2. Is it relevant that Thiel co-founded it, rather than also mentioning Karp? Is it to stuff as many boogey men into the lede? Maybe it's just my bubble, but
by zzrrt 2y ago
> 2. Is it relevant that Thiel co-founded it, rather than also mentioning Karp? Is it to stuff as many boogey men into the lede?
Maybe it's just my bubble, but I "know" Thiel, and I know he's connected to Vance and Musk, and I don't know anything about Karp, so the relevancy decision makes sense to me. Karp is mentioned as being CEO later in the article. I have now googled him enough to know he's left-wing, so I see where you're going, but still feel he's not relevant enough to merit more mention.
> 4. Isn’t DOGE the official name? What’s with prefixing it with “so-called”?
It could just be a dig, but maybe more likely a reference to the legal concept that it's not a cabinet-level department and that its legally-correct(?) names are U.S. DOGE Service and U.S. DOGE Service Temporary Organization (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_of_Government_Efficiency#Legal_status https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_of_Government_Effic...).
- antifa 2y agomost likely the "so called" dig refers to the fact that Elon is attempting to bypass congress to enforce austerity and hand out contracts to his companies, which has nothing to do with government efficiency.