The employees had worked for the U.S. Digital Service, a technology-focused unit rebranded by Mr. Musk and empowered by President Trump.
  • something_random_tho@lemmy.world
    25·
    3 days ago

    The CIA playbook to disrupt fascists recommends malicious compliance. People shouldn’t be resigning from these positions, they need to stay put and subtly destroy, sabotage, and slow the fascists’ progress in small ways each day. Or “Delay, Deny, Defend,” if you will.

    • mrmacduggan@lemmy.mlEnglish
      8·
      3 days ago

      While malicious compliance is definitely the optimal strategy, undermining the “legitimacy” of DOGE is also a decent strategy to take. It’s great news that Elon’s recent email gambit was (generally) a failure and he’s now trying to pretend it was just a joke. If a few more of their objectives fail in a suitably humiliating way, more agencies will be empowered to laugh them off. And I’d say having your own staff resign is humiliating enough.