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Re:The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Gov... by nine_k on Monday February 03, 2025 @03:49PM (#42922882)
It's hard to reach a useful goal without power to do so.

Also, think game-theoretically (or practically). If you don't dedicate at least some effort to gain and retain power, you will be displaced by those who do. The first priority of a pilot is to stay in the air, the second is flying in the right direction.

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Re:The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Gov... by avmich on Monday February 03, 2025 @09:39PM (#42927007)
Right, and it's all rather obvious. The problem is better seen when, if you focus on staying in power, you have to spend all your resources on this goal, and you can't reach any other goal. Republican party in USA currently does rather little - they do dismantle government, but the more they do that, the harder it is to them to stay in power, so their resources are self-limiting.
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