I am sorry that you took so much flak in this thread. The HN crowd generally pretends to dislike elitism but this whole thread seems to be questioning the abilities of the engineers and conspiracy theories about billionaires. I interestingly don't see a lot of people defending government spending though. If the DOGE program were done under a different party and perhaps to expand government spending, I imagine the HN crowd would be supportive and defend the engineers.

Nah, what Musk is doing is attempting to destroy democracy with no regard to harm it causes to American citizens. Oh, while not caring about what is legal or illegal at all. It is ridiculous to call previous governments "non democratic" while being engaged in what Trump and Musk are doing now. There is about 0 chance the people selected by Trump will improve health, especially so as they are trying to destroy the very agencies that used to protect food safety, the air and so on.

If you seriously think Musk of all people is actually interested in improving the lives of regular Americans, I have a bridge to sell you. He's a liar, a narcissist, and the world's richest man. That is who you're cheering on to take over the finances of the richest country in the world?