Largest Mass Resignation in US History as 100k Federal Workers Quit

It’s a terrifying experiment in hollowing out the civil service. At some point a critical mass of Federal workers may be lost which brings the entire machinery of the Federal Government to a standstill.

It’s also not clear how to recover from something like this.

Re: Largest Mass Resignation in US History as 100k Federal Workers Quit

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Post by sjsdaiuasgdia » Tue, Sep 30, 2025, 2:47 PM UTC

philipallstar wrote: post #3

frogperson wrote: post #2

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Fascists generally want everything centrally controlled. Not really a small government mindset.

Have you noticed ICE's budget lately?

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Post by darknavi » Tue, Sep 30, 2025, 2:49 PM UTC

Resignation? Doesn't that imply that they are choosing to leave?

> The resignations—which come as part of a program drawn up by President Donald Trump at the start of his second administration—will happen on Tuesday as Congress is facing a deadline on the same day to authorize more funding or risk a government shutdown.

> If there is no deal, the White House has ordered federal agencies to make plans for the large-scale redundancies.

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Post by actionfromafar » Tue, Sep 30, 2025, 2:49 PM UTC

philipallstar wrote: post #3

frogperson wrote: post #2

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Fascists generally want everything centrally controlled. Not really a small government mindset.

They generally don't like public servants to actually serve the public and follow the law. There must first be a purge.

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Post by bryanlarsen » Tue, Sep 30, 2025, 2:49 PM UTC

philipallstar wrote: post #3

frogperson wrote: post #2

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Fascists generally want everything centrally controlled. Not really a small government mindset.

Fascists generally want everything centrally controlled, but the mechanism generally used is government control of industry. The government itself might become relatively small because government functions are performed by industry in government control. Or by the military, not the civilian government.

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Post by onlyrealcuzzo » Tue, Sep 30, 2025, 2:51 PM UTC

sjsdaiuasgdia wrote: post #4

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And the majority of voters, which seems like the more important part.

If we had a wanna-be dictator president, and the vast majority of people despised that, there's a pretty clear path to recovery.

Here, it is not so clear.