While DEI bullshit certainly has a part in this, I'm not gonna let republicans off the hook for government shut downs that caused tons of competent federal employees to leave because their paycheck was being held up, or for their general hostility towards ATC's since Reagan cracked down on their union.
Government red tape ranges from nauseating to infuriating, but when it comes to shit like air travel, give the nerds what they need to do their job properly, instead of cutting corners and treating highly qualified people who can go elsewhere like shit. Not all government bureaucracy is the same, I absolutely believe that the department of education needs to be gutted for instance, but sometimes red tape is there for a reason, and running government organizations like a business is a horrible idea.
My point here isn't to discount how disastrous it can be when you put Didn't Earn It hires in places they clearly don't belong, it's absolutely abhorrent that some neurotic obsession with "fairness" is being placed before people's lives. But neoliberal Reaganite bullshit is largely responsible for opening the door to that pozz. Once you fill government bureaucracies with consultant-brained business school assholes you create a culture that's rife with professional bullshitters, and DEI is an awfully good excuse to cut corners by hiring underqualified people who won't second-guess your bad decisions while getting rid of those pesky expensive white males who always call you out for said decisions.
running government organizations like a business is a horrible idea
Or perhaps this business shouldn't have to run like a government organization. Likewise Department of Education shouldn't exist. You can't ask for something to be government managed and then complain when you're beholden to political pissing contests.
You can't ask for something to be government managed and then complain when you're beholden to political pissing contests.
That's a slick way of saying that the problem with anything being government run is that there are corrupt shitbags willing to sabotage vital institutions for short-term wins.
Going by that logic let's privatize policing too, because we can't rely on government-run police to not be sabotaged by the games that Dems are playing.
Personally I think any politician, regardless of party, willing to sabotage their own government for political wins that they couldn't get fairly, should be made to help test new jet engines for how much debris they can withstand.
While DEI bullshit certainly has a part in this, I'm not gonna let republicans off the hook for government shut downs that caused tons of competent federal employees to leave because their paycheck was being held up, or for their general hostility towards ATC's since Reagan cracked down on their union.
Government red tape ranges from nauseating to infuriating, but when it comes to shit like air travel, give the nerds what they need to do their job properly, instead of cutting corners and treating highly qualified people who can go elsewhere like shit. Not all government bureaucracy is the same, I absolutely believe that the department of education needs to be gutted for instance, but sometimes red tape is there for a reason, and running government organizations like a business is a horrible idea.
My point here isn't to discount how disastrous it can be when you put Didn't Earn It hires in places they clearly don't belong, it's absolutely abhorrent that some neurotic obsession with "fairness" is being placed before people's lives. But neoliberal Reaganite bullshit is largely responsible for opening the door to that pozz. Once you fill government bureaucracies with consultant-brained business school assholes you create a culture that's rife with professional bullshitters, and DEI is an awfully good excuse to cut corners by hiring underqualified people who won't second-guess your bad decisions while getting rid of those pesky expensive white males who always call you out for said decisions.
Or perhaps this business shouldn't have to run like a government organization. Likewise Department of Education shouldn't exist. You can't ask for something to be government managed and then complain when you're beholden to political pissing contests.
That's a slick way of saying that the problem with anything being government run is that there are corrupt shitbags willing to sabotage vital institutions for short-term wins.
Going by that logic let's privatize policing too, because we can't rely on government-run police to not be sabotaged by the games that Dems are playing.
Personally I think any politician, regardless of party, willing to sabotage their own government for political wins that they couldn't get fairly, should be made to help test new jet engines for how much debris they can withstand.