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Ramaswamy suggests he would run government like Musk does X (thehill.com)

submitted 1 year ago by stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to c/politics@beehaw.org

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Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy suggested Friday if elected in 2024, he would run the government like tech billionaire Elon Musk runs the social media platform X, formerly known a…

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[–] MJBrune@beehaw.org 63 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So he's going to just start shutting down vital services and say oh shit oops did that kill a few hundred thousand people? Trump literally already did that.

[–] p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Fire 2/3rds of the White House? Rename the "Department of Defense" into just "D"?

Seriously, that's all tame compared to what Trump did.

“What [Musk] did at Twitter is a good example of what I want to do to the administrative state,” Ramaswamy said in an interview with Fox News. “Take out the 75 percent of the dead weight cost, improve the actual experience of what it’s supposed to do.”

Because that's exactly how big organizations work: Take out a big chunk out of the organization and shit just works.

“[Musk] put an X through Twitter, I’ll put a big X through the administrative state,” he said. “So, that’s where I’m at on common tactics with Elon.”

"Elect me because I'll fuck over your government so bad, you'll wish you lived in anarchy."

[–] ConstableJelly@beehaw.org 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is the first I've heard anyone suggest that Musk's changes at Twitter somehow improved "the actual experience of what it's supposed to do." Although the "x through the administrative state" line proves this is pure, gutless pandering.

So as usual, he's not actually as stupid as he sounds, just opportunistic and immoral.

[–] tburkhol@beehaw.org 10 points 1 year ago

I mean, if you're a Nazi, the new Xitter is definitely a better experience. He knows exactly to whom he's pandering, which is how you get invited back to Fox. There's going to be a lot of competition for the segment of MAGA that loves the fascism and xenophobia, but worries that Trump is too toxic to win big cities.