You could say it’s the living results of that fate already.

Here’s an HN discussion about firing the leads of Starlink[1] early in development (2018). And another in the following year laying off 10% of the workforce[2] (2019).

1. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18349991

2. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18888641