DOGE's Willing Executioners

How Elon's acolytes moved fast and broke the federal government.

We know little about the motivations of the young DOGE soldiers. We know so much — maybe too much — about Elon Musk, but not those who obeyed his call. It is perhaps too easy to dismiss them as reactionaries or self-interested. There is value in understanding their motivations and worldview since they are, for better or worse (and so far, for worse) in …