The Death of Traditional Government and the Rise of DOGE

The following article, The Death of Traditional Government and the Rise of DOGE, was first published on The Black Sphere. In the ever-evolving landscape of politics, the emergence of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) signals a seismic shift. This transformation challenges traditional governmental structures, rendering them as outdated as rotary phones in the smartphone era. The Hypocrisy of Data Control It’s amusing to observe the selective outrage over data access. Democrats express concern about figures like Elon Musk accessing data, yet there was little uproar when Representative Maxine Waters highlighted President Obama’s extensive database. In a 2013 interview, Waters noted, “The president has put in place an organization that contains a kind of database that no one has ever seen before in life.” (youtube.com) This database, she suggested, would be “very powerful” in future elections. The irony is palpable: data accumulation is acceptable when it serves one’s own political ends but becomes a threat when in the hands of others. More recently, there was a conspicuous silence from the same quarters regarding the Chinese hack of U.S. Treasury computers during the Biden administration. This occurred amidst scrutiny over potential financial entanglements between the Biden family and Chinese entities....