fossilesque@mander.xyz to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 days agoMultiple US embassies are telling Americans they cannot evacuate or help them get out of the Middle Eastwww.businessinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down10cross-posted to: usa@lemmy.ml
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minus-squaremyrmidex@belgae.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·14 days agoIf competent people in so many departments got purged, can we still call this incompetent? I think it’s about time we move over to malice.
minus-square🌞 Alexander Daychilde 🌞@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·14 days agoMalice would be if they could do the jobs but refused. Incompetence stems from malicious removals, but it is incompetence because the people working are, in fact, incapable of doing the job.
minus-squarenathanjent@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·13 days agoThis is the result of eliminating those not loyal to Trump. Unfortunately incompetence and blind loyalty are closely related traits.
If competent people in so many departments got purged, can we still call this incompetent? I think it’s about time we move over to malice.
Malice would be if they could do the jobs but refused. Incompetence stems from malicious removals, but it is incompetence because the people working are, in fact, incapable of doing the job.
This is the result of eliminating those not loyal to Trump. Unfortunately incompetence and blind loyalty are closely related traits.