Chelsea Milburn is a disabled veteran of the United States Navy who, until recently, worked for the United States Department of Education. As part of cuts from the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency, she has lost her job. On Wednesday, she appeared on the news and lamented, “They don’t care about how this impacts me or people like me. And to me, it’s inhumane. It feels like they’re ignoring our personhood and not respecting us as human beings or as American citizens.” She is not wrong.
President Donald Trump and Elon Musk have channeled their inner Miley Cyrus and come into office like a wrecking ball. Musk’s private sector ideal of moving fast and breaking things has become the ethos of the new administration. No, they do not care about Ms. Milburn’s personhood or that she is a human being. They care that she is a line item in a…
