Violence didn’t create war or genocide, those are a result of nationalism and racism, respectively. Violence is the means used to accomplish the goal, but the motivation is what does the creating.

To be clear I’m not pro-violence or something, but it is kinda funny to me when you hear “violence is the answer” and open a history book to see time and time again that violence is the answer for quite a few problems.

Uncomfortable truth: violence has solved some of the largest issues across the history of humanity.

Having worked for the government, I assure you there is absolutely waste happening on a huge level. One time I threw out about $50k of lab equipment calibrators that someone clearly bought a ton of at the end of the year to use their whole budget so they didn’t lose it the following year.

Nobody suggested reworking how budgets work though, so clearly the mission was not to reduce fraud, waste, and abuse.

government programs are usually forced to operate with absolutely minimal funding

Not the military, that’s a massive source of expenditure. That’s where I saw the waste happening.

Bingo, he’s the fall man for the White House right now. If you view American politics under the lens of professional wrestling it makes a lot of sense. Musk is doing a heel turn so he attracts more flak on his way out.