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0 pointsarray_key_first6d ago0 comments

Gutting doesn't magically solve incompetence. It's a anti-solultion that people peddle because it requires literally zero thought or nuance.

If an organization has systemic incompetence and you gut them, then they're still incompetent but now they're also pressured and therefore more likely to make mistakes. So, you're just in a worse position.

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jcattle5d ago

On the contrary you can argue that gutting should lead to lower number of mistakes/incompetence.

There can't be any mistakes if no work is being done.

array_key_firstOP5d ago

There's a big mistake in this logic: is work really not getting done?

Because a lot of work has to be done regardless of if you have the money or time to do it. Most government work is actually not optional, there are literal laws saying it has to be done.

And that's what we, very predictably, saw with DOGE.

Like, think about it. You fire say 50% of people. What happens to the other 50%? They twiddle their thumbs?

You've worked a job before, right? And you've had coworkers fired or laid off before, right? Okay, what happens to their work?

Does it disappear into the abyss or do you then take it on? Because in all my experience, I take it on. Come on now.

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