Elon Musk’s DOGE initiative reveals a new neoreactionary bloc is growing in strength and influence within the Trump administration, although competing interests may reveal fault lines in this coalition of tech capitalists.
Privatization creates an incentive structure driven by profit instead of by the needs of the community. The oft-stated aim of privatization is to increase competition in order to drive down costs and increase efficiency, but the markets for service contracts do not behave like idealized competitive markets. PRA monitors Massachusetts’ most notable conservative think tank, the Pioneer Institute, which is focused on dismantling the public good via privatization not just in Massachusetts but across the entire country.
