There’s got to be some end/long game here, I’m not sure what the surprise could be, but if a nuclear catastrophe happens here soon the official narrative should definitely be met with caution. What could musk and his group of technocrats gain from the loss of control from NNSA. The only thing I could think of (and this is just armchair speculation) is some type of shock and awe operation on the American public to either declare war, martial law, or to change the constitution.

[–] ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

I think Hanlon's razor applies here: never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.

I think Trump and Musk haven't thought anything through and they're applying Silicon Valley's idiotic "move fast and break things" motto. The trouble is, while this may be fine to develop a web browser or a social media platform, it doesn't apply to many things that require forethought and time to do things right because they are literally not allowed to break, such as nuclear shit.

[–] CapriciousDay@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I think Hanlon's razor is a false dichotomy here. Neither stupidity nor malice are required to explain self-interest, which is the far more likely explanation given the people involved and their actions up to this point.

[–] puntinoblue@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago

Indeed, this was he strategy laid out a couple of days ago in another post: The government fires essential workers, a newly created private company hires them (Trump Nuclear), pays them 15% more, works them twice the hours, and then charges the government (the people) 5 times as much for their work—all while lowering quality and safety standards.

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