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1. bix6 · 1790652307 · focus · HN ↗

   So seriously, what is the administrations intention here? They’ve used all the missiles and drained all the gas. Are they trying to get the U.S. invaded?

   1. King-Aaron · 1790652955 · focus · HN ↗

      Project 2025 fairly implicitly stated that the idea was to scuttle trust in the US government so badly that there would be a case for private equity to swoop in and save the day. That's what you're seeing.

      1. phendrenad2 · 1790654166 · focus · HN ↗

         I dunno, this seems like confirmation bias.

         1. King-Aaron · 1790655387 · focus · HN ↗

            It is not.
         2. HaZeust · 1790661153 · focus · HN ↗

            Confirmation bias of what? Project 2025 and the Heritage Foundation's effort as a think-tank is pretty much a baby-stepped blueprint.

            1. parineum · 1790692863 · focus · HN ↗

               That Trump hasn't been following.

               1. HaZeust · 1790738839 · focus · HN ↗

                  <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.project2025.observer&#x2F;en" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.project2025.observer&#x2F;en
            2. phendrenad2 · 1790875071 · focus · HN ↗

               Your theory is that project 2025, rather than just being a straightforward result of right-wing politics (cut welfare, reduce trans rights, etc) is secretly intended to make people more supportive of private equity taking over everything. You say this is obvious, but I don&#x27;t see the picture you do, which makes me think confirmation bias might be at play. Note that I&#x27;m not defending right-wing politics, I&#x27;m just pointing out that the &quot;secret twist meaning&quot; isn&#x27;t necessarily true.
      2. parineum · 1790654198 · focus · HN ↗

         Project 2025 can be anything you want it to be.

         1. Boxxed · 1790654678 · focus · HN ↗

            If only
         2. plorkyeran · 1790660565 · focus · HN ↗

            You can literally just go read it. They’re very explicit about both their goals and how they intended to achieve them.
      3. Krasnol · 1790655719 · focus · HN ↗

         So how exactly are they supposed to swoop in? With what?

         1. halJordan · 1790687290 · focus · HN ↗

            The corollary isn&#x27;t that they fix things. It&#x27;s that they&#x27;ll profit. Fixing the services isn&#x27;t really the goal, so your question becomes a non sequitor

            1. rozal · 1790691659 · focus · HN ↗

               Ooh conspiracy theorizing, love it!

               1. Henchman21 · 1790709247 · focus · HN ↗

                  Except that they seem to have explicitly stated this as a goal in Project 2025.
      4. leereeves · 1790692856 · focus · HN ↗

         &gt; Project 2025 fairly implicitly stated that the idea was to scuttle trust in the US government so badly that there would be a case for private equity to swoop in and save the day. That&#x27;s what you&#x27;re seeing.

         Could you quote the exact text you&#x27;re interpreting here?

         (Not the whole Project 2025 text; the specific sentence(s) that imply that.)

         1. King-Aaron · 1790727904 · focus · HN ↗

            I&#x27;m not here to spoon feed people.

            1. leereeves · 1790732998 · focus · HN ↗

               I&#x27;m just providing a nudge to support extraordinary claims with clear facts. Whether you want to do that is of course up to you.
      5. consensus1 · 1790696972 · focus · HN ↗

         There was trust left in the US government to be scuttled? Could have fooled me.
      6. culi · 1790700476 · focus · HN ↗

         Heritage Foundation has long advocated for emptying the reserves. They wrote Project 2025 but I&#x27;m not sure it was an explicit goal in the actual blueprint we got to see

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