Musk DOGE plans to cut 77% of US civil servants. Why does he hate useless bureaucrats so much?

After Trump's transition team won the US presidential election in early November, the team's spokesperson Karoline Leavitt officially released a statement on November 13, stating that Trump will officially appoint Tesla founder Musk and American entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy to jointly lead the newly established Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) after taking office. At the same time, Trump stated in the statement that Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy's responsibilities are to pave the way for dismantling the government bureaucracy, reducing redundant regulatory laws and wasteful spending, and restructuring federal agencies. DOGE will receive advice and guidance from outside the government and work with the White House and the Office of Management and Budget to drive large-scale structural reforms and create an unprecedented entrepreneurial government model. Musk has also publicly stated the specific measures he plans to take after taking office at DOGE. He said he will drastically reduce the existing 428 federal agencies to 99, and carry out large-scale layoffs of government employees, up to 77%. Musk explained that most of the existing federal agencies are unfamiliar to the American people, and people cannot even understand the necessity of their existence, which is an inefficient way of operation and bureaucracy. In addition, Musk also mentioned the three major reform directions of DOGE, which specifically include: eliminating government bureaucracy, improving work efficiency through layoffs, and raising higher requirements for existing employees; reducing over-regulation and wasteful spending; and restructuring federal agencies, including merging departments engaged in similar work, which will reduce the burden on taxpayers.