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   The Psychotic Network Ferret (nuintari@mastodon.bsd.cafe)'s status on Wednesday, 14-May-2025 08:20:22 JST The Psychotic Network Ferret

   A thought.

   A true department of government efficiency would seek to bypass any and all government checks and balances, because they are, by very definition, not very efficient.

   Fascism is far more efficient than Democracy. This doesn't mean it is better. I am an engineer, and I recognize that not everything is an engineering pipeline. Being an "efficient" government probably means you are at best cutting corners, at worst, violating human rights.

   Efficiency is not always, or even often, the best measure of, "good."

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     The Psychotic Network Ferret (nuintari@mastodon.bsd.cafe)'s status on Wednesday, 14-May-2025 08:30:15 JST The Psychotic Network Ferret

     • silverwizard

     @silverwizard Well, efficiency is a great way to get people on board on basically anything.

     Like believing that government should be run like a business. Government does not exist to generate revenue, it exists to provide services to, and to protect its citizens.

     or at least it is supposed to do that.

     But the GOP ran up such a massive operating debt, that now, people think we need a solid business man to reduce it.

     never mind that the Republicans are the ones that caused the debt in the first place, and every time they are in power, the party of fiscal conservancy is great at doubling or tripling the national debt.

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     The Psychotic Network Ferret (nuintari@mastodon.bsd.cafe)'s status on Wednesday, 14-May-2025 08:38:40 JST The Psychotic Network Ferret

     • silverwizard

     @silverwizard Running a business to generate sustainable income is the old way.

     Running a business to generate maximum profits for shareholders on a three month basis, and the future be damned! is the new way of almighty capitalism.

     Neither are compatible with how you run a government. But most people who believe in Trump believe he will do the first, when in reality, he is using government to take option 2 to eleven and beyond across the entire NYSE.