The DOGE Effect: How Young Operatives Reshaped Government and Moved Up

DOGE's chaotic year-long existence triggered lasting institutional damage across the US federal government, from eliminating over 300,000 jobs to dismantling agencies like USAID. Despite the organization's admitted chaos and failure to achieve many goals, its young, inexperienced operatives have since ascended to positions of greater influence both within government and in Silicon Valley, demonstrating how disruptive outsiders can consolidate power even after institutional failure.