I say its a tell bc it's a classic "The Problem Is Big Government" line. But government austerity doesnt actually simplify things, it just shifts and externalizes the complexity. Whatever "simplicity" was achieved by DOGE was only a result of throwing other connected systems and countless individual lives into chaos. Many complex things could be made easier (including taxes!) but the slash-and-burn This Hard Problem Is Easy Actually mentality is anti-intellectual head empty Reaganite bullshit