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DOGE’s assault on the federal workforce is, in part, a classic Silicon Valley story: condemning the public sector while lauding the private sector. But it’s also about “how work ethic gets twisted to serve the ends of people in power,” Charlie Tyson writes.
The Long Nap of the Lazy Bureaucrat
The stereotype of the unmotivated official, which has fuelled Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s assault on government workers, has existed for as long as bureaucracy itself.
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March 15, 2025 at 3:03 PM
DOGE’s assault on the federal workforce is, in part, a classic Silicon Valley story: condemning the public sector while lauding the private sector. But it’s also about “how work ethic gets twisted to serve the ends of people in power,” Charlie Tyson writes.