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4 Oct 2023 Dwarkesh Podcast Sarah C. M. Paine — Why dictators keep making the same fatal mistake
“I think the general feeling about the federal government is that there are incredible inefficiencies but it's very difficult to get rid of them.”
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- Sarah Paine
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- 4 Oct 2023
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- Dwarkesh Podcast
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…What is your opinion on how competent and effective the military is in general? Because given that there hasn't been a huge war for quite a while, have they been able to maintain the standards and the efficiency? I am not qualified to answer that. I teach at the Naval War College but that does not make me an expert on how the Pentagon runs its business. I think the general feeling about the federal government is that there are incredible inefficiencies but it's very difficult to get rid of them. In the civilian part of it as well. Once people get a federal service job, it's very difficult to get rid of that particular job, etc. Are there plans around the Naval War College or elsewhere about how to make the system more modern and efficient?…
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