One mind says, this is the result of generations of conservatives believing their own marketing about the state being bloated and useless and can be done more efficiently by making it more private sector-like. The previous generations were just using it to appeal to the rubes but this one actually means it. So they’ve purged everyone with the institutional knowledge to keep the basic functions up and now they’ve been caught flat-footed.

The other mind says, this is a feature, not bug. The disregard for the “norms and standards” extends to not going through the fig leaf processes of protecting the image of TPTB. They get that these systems are so ingrained and the populous is so allergic to even the mildest pushback that they can just flaunt that they’re letting the dirty laundry air. What’s anyone gonna do about it?

[–] marxisthayaca@hexbear.net 15 points 3 months ago (1 children)

One mind says, this is the result of generations of conservatives believing their own marketing about the state being bloated and useless and can be done more efficiently by making it more private sector-like. The previous generations were just using it to appeal to the rubes but this one actually means it. So they’ve purged everyone with the institutional knowledge to keep the basic functions up and now they’ve been caught flat-footed.

This is truly the primary issue. These idiots believe the government is really large, despite decades of austerity.

[–] PKMKII@hexbear.net 7 points 3 months ago

The two takes aren’t entirely mutually exclusive. They can both think that the state needs to be shrunk and that the negative consequences are irrelevant.