People who characterize DOGE as having failed in its mission startle me.
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@GaryAsh @GeePawHill 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@GaryAsh @GeePawHill 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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People who characterize DOGE as having failed in its mission startle me.
Of course, that mission wasn't what the thoroughly and repeatedly documented straight-faced liars said it was, so I suppose there's room for some naïve folks to think that.
The mission -- "destroy one of the most successful governments in the history of the world as much as possible as quickly as possible while creating maximum chaos and taking a profit" -- was a stunning success.
That’s a pretty easy job if you are given, unlimited funds and absolute freedom to do every kind of damage you can think of
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People who characterize DOGE as having failed in its mission startle me.
Of course, that mission wasn't what the thoroughly and repeatedly documented straight-faced liars said it was, so I suppose there's room for some naïve folks to think that.
The mission -- "destroy one of the most successful governments in the history of the world as much as possible as quickly as possible while creating maximum chaos and taking a profit" -- was a stunning success.
@GeePawHill
And data theft. There was a lot of data theft. -
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And data theft. There was a lot of data theft.@pomegranate_stew @GeePawHill 💯 came to say the same.
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@asformack this ... Came here to say I doubt the successfulness on several aspects.
The original ideals have some merit, but 2,5 centuries execution is flawed 😏 -
People who characterize DOGE as having failed in its mission startle me.
Of course, that mission wasn't what the thoroughly and repeatedly documented straight-faced liars said it was, so I suppose there's room for some naïve folks to think that.
The mission -- "destroy one of the most successful governments in the history of the world as much as possible as quickly as possible while creating maximum chaos and taking a profit" -- was a stunning success.
@GeePawHill Palantir has our data, mission accomplished
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And data theft. There was a lot of data theft.@pomegranate_stew @GeePawHill Yeah. On day one they installed back doors, then they exfilatrated all government data at leisure.
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@GaryAsh @GeePawHill 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@marick @GaryAsh @GeePawHill 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.
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People who characterize DOGE as having failed in its mission startle me.
Of course, that mission wasn't what the thoroughly and repeatedly documented straight-faced liars said it was, so I suppose there's room for some naïve folks to think that.
The mission -- "destroy one of the most successful governments in the history of the world as much as possible as quickly as possible while creating maximum chaos and taking a profit" -- was a stunning success.
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People who characterize DOGE as having failed in its mission startle me.
Of course, that mission wasn't what the thoroughly and repeatedly documented straight-faced liars said it was, so I suppose there's room for some naïve folks to think that.
The mission -- "destroy one of the most successful governments in the history of the world as much as possible as quickly as possible while creating maximum chaos and taking a profit" -- was a stunning success.
@GeePawHill
The side quest being "steal as much info as possible from institutional databases for profit" and it went pretty well -
People who characterize DOGE as having failed in its mission startle me.
Of course, that mission wasn't what the thoroughly and repeatedly documented straight-faced liars said it was, so I suppose there's room for some naïve folks to think that.
The mission -- "destroy one of the most successful governments in the history of the world as much as possible as quickly as possible while creating maximum chaos and taking a profit" -- was a stunning success.
@GeePawHill@mastodon.social Handling inefficiency in truth would've involved things like nationalizing Raytheon so they stop taking absurd cuts on everything.
Or real national healthcare and public health & safety standard reforms to cutback on the absurd economic waste so many getting sick, maimed or dying causes.
(Just look at the yearly cost of the flu, it's ridiculous.)
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@marick @GaryAsh @GeePawHill 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.
@maccruiskeen @marick @GaryAsh @GeePawHill
Yes, if there had been a structural goal rather than a destructional goal, the world's Dumbest Man per Dollar wouldn't have been put in charge and then disowned as not a government official once he'd fucked it up. -
People who characterize DOGE as having failed in its mission startle me.
Of course, that mission wasn't what the thoroughly and repeatedly documented straight-faced liars said it was, so I suppose there's room for some naïve folks to think that.
The mission -- "destroy one of the most successful governments in the history of the world as much as possible as quickly as possible while creating maximum chaos and taking a profit" -- was a stunning success.
@GeePawHill And why did they work on US goverment? With all due respect, US was even before DOGE a near-failed state.
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People who characterize DOGE as having failed in its mission startle me.
Of course, that mission wasn't what the thoroughly and repeatedly documented straight-faced liars said it was, so I suppose there's room for some naïve folks to think that.
The mission -- "destroy one of the most successful governments in the history of the world as much as possible as quickly as possible while creating maximum chaos and taking a profit" -- was a stunning success.
@GeePawHill I'd agrue "most successful governments in the history of the world" considering how many people in the US are in poverty.
DOGE, the meme coin, also sought the same - a continuously devaulued coin due to the production of new DOGE coins.
This original post is failed. Everything about the US corporation (corporations have presidents, democratic governments have ministers) has failed.
There has never been anything successful about the US outside of getting to the Moon, imo. And that was well before the cost of living diverged from the average wage.
Since then, any success has been on the backs of another citizen falling into debt or death.
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People who characterize DOGE as having failed in its mission startle me.
Of course, that mission wasn't what the thoroughly and repeatedly documented straight-faced liars said it was, so I suppose there's room for some naïve folks to think that.
The mission -- "destroy one of the most successful governments in the history of the world as much as possible as quickly as possible while creating maximum chaos and taking a profit" -- was a stunning success.
DOGE also stole and transmitted vast amounts of Social Security and personal information to foreign enemies of the US. It's treason up and down the line.
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