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.

[+] CapriciousDay@lemmy.ml 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

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[–] ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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 1 points 5 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.