The US Government Is Not a Startup

It feels like no one should have to say this, and yet we are in a situation where it needs to be said, very loudly and clearly, before it's too late to do anything about it: The United States is not a startup. If you run it like one, it will break. The onslaught of news about Elon Musk's takeover of the federal government's core institutions is altogether too much--in volume, in magnitude, in the sheer chaotic absurdity of a 19-year-old who goes by "Big Balls" helping the world's richest man consolidate power. There's an easy way to process it, though. Donald Trump may be the president of the United States, but Musk has made himself its CEO.