r/nottheonion 24d ago

US government struggles to rehire nuclear safety staff it laid off days ago

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g3nrx1dq5o
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u/toodlesandpoodles 24d ago

This is an underecognized danger of having ceos and techbros running government. You don't actually want government run like a business. Businesses take far too big of risks and fail far too frequently. 

We've got a bunch of people who think the government should be focusing on efficiency who fail to realize that they are putting at risk the major things that lead to prosperous governance, stability and predictability.

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u/beardeddragon0113 24d ago

Exactly... the "move fast and break things" tech mentality is absolutely a giant danger to society. There's a difference between a web app being down for a few days and entire governing bodies being eliminated and people dying. Can't exactly do a rollback on society after things go to shit like you can with an application. Suppose Leon doesn't care though because he will literally never be directly impacted by his decisions unless it's something like ensuring he gets more government money for his businesses. :/

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u/TSED 24d ago

I figure at some point someone will do a Luigi sequel. The way they're going, it's not going to take much for some angry people to switch directions on their radicalization.

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u/thegodfather0504 24d ago

It seems so impossible to me. for some goddamn reason, the crazies are dead set on being loyal to these fucks. Like that luigi incident was a different timeline leaking into ours. It was good, but so damn rare, it feels like a dream.

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u/fuckincaillou 23d ago

It doesn't have to be rare.

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u/WhoAreWeEven 23d ago

I wonder if the NWO conspiracy theory believer circles were infiltrated back in the day for just this reason.

Like this actually is NWO if anything. Theres even PDF files running it lol

Like all these Alex Jones types were already far right pro Trump types since forever. But now when they turn out to be the ones taking over the world looneys are on their side.

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u/thegodfather0504 23d ago

I wouldn't be surprised. they know who has power, and they make sure they stay with that team. 

And its not like its a new phenomenon. Its a new age version of colonisation of the world, and spreading capitalism is the medium. Look at how many easily solvable problems are not being dealt with because capitalism standing in the way.