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I about spit my coffee when I saw that. Good grief. > We've been conditioned to accept that mediocre in government is normal. Yes, I do now accept that medioc
by kstrauser 11mo ago
I about spit my coffee when I saw that. Good grief.
> We've been conditioned to accept that mediocre in government is normal.
Yes, I do now accept that mediocre [sic] in government is normal for the next few years.
- kulahan 11mo agoAre you under the impression this is somehow different from the last few years?
- exceptione 11mo agoAre you American? Do you think this is normal? Just curious (non American).
- kulahan 11mo agoThere is a somewhat stubborn idea that a government will always have many inefficiencies baked in, since there’s no real incentive to remove them beyond a generic “that would be nice”.
- kstrauser 11mo agoOf course. Whatever problems the US government had before, mass firings, loyalty tests, furloughs, and endless other shenanigans have only exacerbated them.
- jimbokun 11mo agoMediocre is probably the ceiling.
- nebula8804 11mo agoAn entire generation has grown up post Nixon and hasn't known government that worked so yes...could you blame them? Furthermore only ~50% of the country has a passport so many haven't even seen how things run elsewhere.