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Nearly 40% of contracts canceled by Musk's DOGE are expected to produce no savings (apnews.com)

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[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Correct. I'm sure what they're doing has a word, but all I can conjure with my nin-native English vocabulary is "Whatever the opposite of virtue signaling is".

I tried to look for antonyms of Virtue, but I couldn't a suitable one.

[–] SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Generally speaking, the opposite of virtue is vice.

[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 4 points 5 months ago

I know, but it carries a fun connotation which makes it unsuitable in this context.