“Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) co-leaders Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy have floated a number of plans targeting federal workers, including plans to end telework.
Anonymity has long been a tactic used by extremists to spread their ideology while avoiding social consequences, from Klansmen hoods to online pseudonyms.
The president-elect is tapping mega-rich backers for positions that will give them power to cut spending on public services. The gulf between Trump’s taste for the wealthy and his populist everyman rhetoric has not gone unnoticed.
Musk is showing other members of the ultra-wealthy a bold alternative to stealth politics, urged on by a president-elect who has embraced giving billionaires a seat at the table. If you're rich enough, you can grab power in full public view.
Critics argue that these plans will erode social safety nets, undermine public services, and disproportionately benefit corporate interests.
Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency is equal parts asinine and dystopian. We can only hope that, by virtue of how insufferable all involved are, DOGE’s relationship with the Trump administration flames out spectacularly.
A review of “Character Limit: How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter” and “Breaking Twitter: Elon Musk and the Most Controversial Corporate Takeover in History.”
The elevation of Elon Musk to a key role suggests that right-wing elites are set to embark on a spree of sordid self-dealing.
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