If a random 50% of federal bureaucrats are instantly fired on January 21st 2025, will anything break as a result?

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https://twitter.com/VivekGRamaswamy/status/1723743653816836377

"Day 1" is ambiguous, so I'd also accept January 20th.

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What does “bureaucrat” mean here? Does the single guy responsible for some obscure federal agency’s entire website (and representing their entire IT department) that he runs off an old workstation/server under his desk count?