The Rise and Fall of the Technocratic Chainsaw: How Elon Musk's Disruptive Team, Doge, Was Built and Then Decimated

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Presented as a fatal weapon against the federal bureaucracy, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has finally left behind it a US administration ravaged for all small savings. Dissolved before the end of its term, the body incarnate by Elon Musk extinguished after disorganizing essential parts of the state.

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The Trump administration’s Office of Government Efficiency began as a star project, then quietly died long before its scheduled completion. But at least it immediately became a symbol of mindless destruction—and, as it turned out, saved the US government far less than it had announced. In the process, it directly made the lives of hundreds of thousands miserable and indirectly increased the suffering of millions in the poorest corners of the wor…