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So far, Milei has shrunk the country’s bloated government bureaucracy and ruthlessly cut public spending, which has caused painful job losses but also tamed runaway inflation.

Rivian wasn’t the only tech company to announce cuts this week, with Meta laying off 600 employees within its artificial intelligence department on Wednesday in an effort to streamline operations and decrease bloat.

The New York Times described the job cuts as aimed at addressing "organizational bloat" following aggressive hiring to build up the AI program.

As Latin American countries can attest, these experiments often start with noble intentions and end with scandals, bloated payrolls and empty shelves.

Bodies that are left to decompose do often bloat and bleed at the mouth.