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Summary

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy’s new "Department of Government Efficiency" (DOGE) began recruiting "high-IQ small-government revolutionaries" willing to work 80+ hours per week with no pay to help slash federal spending.

Appointed by President-elect Donald Trump, the panel is tasked with recommending spending cuts, regulatory rollbacks, and agency restructuring by July 4, 2026.

Musk and Ramaswamy advocate for drastic measures, including cutting grants to nonprofits and potential mass layoffs.

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[-] Bougie_Birdie 57 points 2 days ago

So... if I apply for a super high IQ job that's unpaid, does that prove I'm under qualified?

[-] prole 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Yeah the real intelligence test is whether or not you apply, and if you do, you've already failed.

[-] superglue@lemmy.dbzer0.com 42 points 2 days ago

Just to make sure I understand. Musk is going to run an orgination who will advise the federal government to cut regulations that are in the way of him making more money. And this is in no way a conflict of interest.

[-] londos@lemmy.world 24 points 1 day ago

That's specifically why it won't be a government agency. So they won't be bound by any ethics rules. Make no mistake, this is not a silly one-off. This is the first step of privatizing the government.

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[-] jaybone@lemmy.world 29 points 1 day ago

They are calling it DOGE? 🙄🙄🙄

[-] hombre_fundido@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Also, fuck that guy.

Edit: and by 'that guy' I mean Ramaswamy. Fuck Musk too.

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[-] mhague@lemmy.world 29 points 1 day ago

At least they're too cheap and lazy to properly push their fascist takeover.

[-] BakerBagel@midwest.social 15 points 1 day ago

It's just gonna be rich failsons who are loving off their trust funds. It's gonna be bad

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[-] superkret@feddit.org 50 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

SpoilerLot's of people are gonna apply, cause the payment is the chance for grifting

[-] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 39 points 2 days ago

So you need to be rich enough to not need the salary, morally flexible enough to work for Elmo, and stupid enough to brag about your IQ.

[-] skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de 23 points 2 days ago

People who boast about their I.Q. are losers. —Stephen Hawking

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[-] demizerone@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago

They will make their money by fleecing the government of course.

[-] JPSound@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

"High-IQ" aka boot lickers who agree with everything Musk says or does and are willing to do so for no compensation. And let's consider those who have the financial means "work" for free. The over privileged fundees who think they earned their wealth by hard work even those its all daddy's money... Rining any bells? Unpaid positions are exactly what we don't need to help with combat our economic woes anyways.

[-] Freefall@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago

You can't just make a department. Sorry Leon, only maga morons believe that. The actual government and CONSTITUTION work differently than what you think...

[-] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 11 points 1 day ago

Yeah, they would also need the other two institutions to pull this off. Oh wait, shit. Well the supreme court should be able to stop this. Oh wait, fuck.

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[-] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

lol good luck picking candidates among highly intelligent incels and maga members

[-] peopleproblems@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago

Department of Government Efficiency is the name of the department that ends up involved in creating Soylent green or some crazy human organ harvesting thing.

This sets off all sorts of red flags that bother the shit out of me. Like I'll take boring dystopia over human slaughterhouses TYVM

[-] Please_Do_Not@lemm.ee 28 points 2 days ago

Much like unpaid internships, this is also a method to prevent anyone who is not independently wealthy from applying, so they can fill the department with the same people already benefiting from the current system and allow them to design one that benefits them even further.

No one that this department is ostensibly built to serve can afford to work on it, so who is it really (clearly) for?

[-] Nougat@fedia.io 26 points 2 days ago

"high-IQ small-government revolutionaries"

No, "rich people," because nobody else can survive with no pay.

[-] Jumpingspiderman@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

This is fucking hilarious! More proof, maybe the best proof, of how much of a dumbass Muskrat is.

[-] WorldwideCommunity@lemm.ee 5 points 1 day ago

Maybe he should ask Trump since everything he does is the best and has never been done better or before.

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