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126 sats \ 3 replies \ @Scoresby 11 Sep \ on: Stacker Saloon
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103 sats \ 2 replies \ @optimism 11 Sep

what part of that speech triggered you to share it?

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126 sats \ 1 reply \ @Scoresby 11 Sep

I've heard the clip usually in the context of people saying oh look, the pentagon lost track of a bunch of money and the next day 9/11

But I hadn't listened to the part where he compares businesses to governments and says business is efficient because businesses can die, while governments can't die.

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103 sats \ 0 replies \ @optimism 11 Sep

I've always felt Rumsfeld to be an old school conservative surrounded by neocons. Some of the oddest shit came out of that and the times were testing.

I don't really believe that you should run a govt like a business, but at the same time, efficiency with public money is even more important than efficiency with private money, so if that is the narrative they need to get more efficient then whatevs.

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