Post #2225766
2026-03-15 22:57 UTC
@GaryAsh@iosdev.space @GeePawHill@mastodon.social I’m really not sure that DOGE had anything like a real goal. They were pure peacock display: “irritable mental gestures”¹ combined with “move fast and break things.”. Actual substantive, considered, lasting change would have taken way too long and too much thought. Futurism² for today: speed! speed! speed! The Machine!
¹ https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/11359035-it-is-the-plain-fact-that-nowadays
² https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futurism
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@marick@mstdn.social 2026-03-15 23:04
@GaryAsh@iosdev.space @GeePawHill@mastodon.social Waxing philosophical: our problem is that we think “has a goal” vs. “doesn’t have a goal” is a true/false binary. I think we should reject such binaries more often. https://blog.oddly-influenced.dev/2025/11/20/in-which-i-take-on.html
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@maccruiskeen@social.linux.pizza 2026-03-16 02:12
@marick@mstdn.social @GaryAsh@iosdev.space @GeePawHill@mastodon.social The destruction was the goal. They targeted orgs that Musk considered obstacles and looted as much as they could. Even after Musk was driven out, his stooges remained in place.