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Elon Musk: “Governments around the world should be actively deleting…”

Featuring: Elon Musk, Senior Advisor to the President, Head of Department of Government Efficiency | National

A Conversation with Elon Musk

Published August 14, 2024 | Video Starts at 17:13

… you have to pay a penalty if you do something bad I think would be profoundly effective for the advancement of, of large projects. But just in general, I think Governments around the world should be actively deleting regulations. questioning whether departments exist. Obviously President Malay is, I think seems to be doing a fantastic job on this front. Just deleting things. Deleting entire departments. Fantastic. Yes. (17:13–17:18)

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Advocates for global governmental action to reduce regulations.

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