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Re:Trump's NASA cuts would destroy decades of science and wi... by noworriesnate on Thursday June 12, 2025 @12:57PM (#44259964)
The way I think about it is this: the bureaucracy of the federal government has accumulated so much tech debt over the years that a rewrite is in order. What that means is that we get rid of everything not immediately essential, then slowly rebuild to meet our needs.

This isn’t the same as a full revolution, where you rewrite the entire government, not just the bureaucracy (I.e. get rid of Congress, Supreme Court, executive branch and replace them with something new).

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Re:Trump's NASA cuts would destroy decades of science and wi... by nielsbot on Thursday June 12, 2025 @03:36PM (#44262222)
The government is not software, so not sure what you mean by "tech debt" here. Maybe you're conflating the complexity of our laws with the amount of bureaucracy we have.

If the problem you your thinking is the amount of bureaucracy, what's your specific complaint? It costs too much? Nothing gets done? There's wasteful spending?

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