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Nearly 40% of contracts canceled by Musk's DOGE are expected to produce no savings (apnews.com)

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[–] [email protected] 46 points 3 days ago (9 children)

It's almost as if efficiency and cost savings weren't actually the point.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (4 children)

Correct. I'm sure what they're doing has a word, but all I can conjure with my nin-native English vocabulary is "Whatever the opposite of virtue signaling is".

I tried to look for antonyms of Virtue, but I couldn't a suitable one.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I think scumbag signaling is about as good as we can get. Not a true antonym, but sort of an all encompassing indicator that the sooner these people meet their personal Luigis, the better.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Yeah, that's pretty much spot on.

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