What’s the end game here? Another second closer to midnight?

  • @ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org
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    5 months ago

    I think Hanlon’s razor applies here: never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.

    I think Trump and Musk haven’t thought anything through and they’re applying Silicon Valley’s idiotic “move fast and break things” motto. The trouble is, while this may be fine to develop a web browser or a social media platform, it doesn’t apply to many things that require forethought and time to do things right because they are literally not allowed to break, such as nuclear shit.

      • @ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org
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        55 months ago

        Neither stupidity nor malice are required to explain self-interest

        Yeah but see that’s what does not compute: in what scenario does any oligarch benefit from increasing the country’s nuclear risk? There’s a thousand and one ways to make a lot more money a lot more safely, quickly and quietly.

        That’s why I’m of the opinion that Trumsk don’t friggin’ know what they’re doing.

      • @puntinoblue@lemmy.ml
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        15 months ago

        Indeed, this was he strategy laid out a couple of days ago in another post: The government fires essential workers, a newly created private company hires them (Trump Nuclear), pays them 15% more, works them twice the hours, and then charges the government (the people) 5 times as much for their work—all while lowering quality and safety standards.