Musk is cutting things left and right, creating large messes and giving himself hand outs. He is making things less efficient (vs more).
Cuban sees the mess, and an opportunity to make some money while also providing value to the government.
I guess they’re similar in taking advantage of the moment and looking to make money, but I don’t see how Cuban’s proposal is destructive, unlike Musk’s actions.
It's not Musk's ideal scenario I'm sure, but he'd be an awful lot more happy with it as the new status quo than what was there before.
He's resurrecting it.
If his vision is a privately-ran for-profit contracted agency he's not resurrecting anything.
“The government just tried to screw you, but they need you so you should join together in a way that when they inevitably come calling, they no longer have the power to screw you again.”
How many people have said they wished to be in the same position over things like RTO? Or employees unionizing after managerial and corporate abuse?
Once somebody proves themselves untrustworthy, it’s not wrong to protect yourself from them in the future.
Trump and Musk destroyed USDS and 18F. At worst Cuban is trying to salvage something from the wreckage.
But just another billionaire doing this instead of an organized opposition is not ideal, to say the least. ex 18F workers should get someone they trust more in the mix.