Comment by dwoldrich
1 month ago
That's silly, your Musk sounds cartoonish. The world isn't so simple and humans are not one-dimensional.
I don't have any conclusions on Doge, and I won't settle for conspiracy theories. It's not obvious to me what the real goals were or are ongoing.
The goals were obvious, it was a money grab and an attempt to dodge accountability. Because that's 99% of what musk does and that's literally all doge did. It didn't save us any money.
Any other interpretation is just willfully stupid, unfortunately. We have a lot of track record to work with. Ignoring track record isn't being unbiased. It's exactly the opposite, actually.
It's not obvious and not a willfully stupid interpretation when Musk has been the largest defense contractor for years. There's more going on than your 1-dimensional bad guy narrative covers.
Doge did not save any money, but it did air dirty laundry, and maybe that was the point.
I think the most consequential revelation regarded the 14 magic money computers. Non-tech people don't have the imagination we have to fathom the infinite fraud and corruption this enables.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BDREZmpkIz8&t=346s
Plenty of people hate Musk and think he's a traitor to the cause. He took tremendous brand damage from Doge and supporting Trump. That's far more impactful than regs scams or tax dodges or whatever mo's you fantasize there.