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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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[–] rustydrd@sh.itjust.works 25 points 7 hours ago

Fun idea: Flood their contact addresses with fake applications and fake credentials like certificates with high scores on made-up IQ tests or Mensa membership cards.

[–] ATDA@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

So a golf club?

[–] auzy@lemmy.world 4 points 5 hours ago

High IQ people only wanted to do paid work for SpaceX because going to space is amazing.

I'm fairly sure none are working because of him though

Even paid work for any other Musk jobs would be an act of desperation. Fortunately, I suspect the unemployment rate will grow with Trump in charge.. Because it is likely more profitable to beg than make minimum wage (and he won't be increasing it). So maybe he will find people.

[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 7 points 7 hours ago

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

[–] WorldwideCommunity@lemm.ee 4 points 6 hours ago

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

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 22 points 9 hours ago

There are oxymorons and then there is musk, the oxyless moron

[–] lurklurk@lemmy.world 3 points 6 hours ago

I think this will be easy to hire for; imagine the damage you can do to competition, or the low cost regulatory capture you can achieve, by just getting one clever manipulator near this not too bright narcissist

[–] Freefall@lemmy.world 13 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

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 7 hours ago (1 children)

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.

[–] JovialMicrobial@lemm.ee 1 points 6 hours ago

What do you think Clarence Thomas would do for a Klondike bar? Do you think he'd support this weird, smart person recruiting bullshit? Absolutely.

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[–] andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 43 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

Win a grift by pretending you are an idiot

Your opponent is Elon Musk

[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 7 points 10 hours ago

Fuck. I can't out-stupid this guy. I won't win.

[–] Leate_Wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 12 hours ago

I think it'd be simultaneously easier, more productive, and more fulfilling to just take the L.

[–] demizerone@lemmy.world 21 points 11 hours ago

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

[–] unmagical@lemmy.ml 284 points 18 hours ago (10 children)

No high-iq individual will work 2 weeks per week with no pay in a society that requires money to live.

[–] rustydrd@sh.itjust.works 3 points 7 hours ago

I want to believe this, too. But considering how there are smart people clubs with upwards of 50,000 members in the US that treat "passing" an IQ test as their sole entry criterion, I am sure there are some. Not all who have intelligence also have the wisdom to use it well.

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 30 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

They'll get paid by conservative think-tanks under the table so the Dept of Efficiency looks good and can pretend that it's efficient.

[–] Vash63@lemmy.world 6 points 8 hours ago

This is what I was thinking also. It will be filled with people getting paid by corps and special interests.

[–] meco03211@lemmy.world 178 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

That's a common tactic in scams. You want to weed out the actual intelligent people as early as possible lest they disrupt your scam. That's why scam emails tend to have misspellings and grammatical errors. Smarter people instantly ignore that. Dumb people click on through.

[–] slacktoid@lemmy.ml 36 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

So you're saying we all should apply?

So that we can disrupt this shit

[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 20 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Actually not a bad idea. Flood the department with bullshit resumes.

I like this idea

[–] slacktoid@lemmy.ml 3 points 8 hours ago

im saying get in and get that cut, and also disrupt their agenda, i mean someone is gonna take that bribe, might as well take it and fuck their plan.

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[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 96 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (4 children)

No they won't... but rich people who can afford to support themselves while indulging in their love of making poor people suffer will be lined up around the block.

Making a position unpaid is a classic tactic to keep out the poors.

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[–] Gerudo@lemm.ee 31 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Rich assholes who want to influence government will.

[–] TrueStoryBob@lemmy.world 7 points 11 hours ago

Rich assholes who believe they are smart as a side effect of being rich assholes.

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[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 31 points 14 hours ago (3 children)

They are calling it DOGE? 🙄🙄🙄

[–] hombre_fundido@lemmy.world 37 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

100% Musk's idea. Because he doesn't think the other 8 billion humans on the planet are real people and none of this is of any real consequence to him.

[–] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 6 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Co leader Vivek Ramswamy is the founder of DOGE coin.

[–] hombre_fundido@lemmy.world 8 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

TIL. I always assumed doge coin was his thing since he seemed to promote so much. Either way, these guys are insufferable nerds.

Edit: I just read he actually referred to himself as the "Dogefather." Fucking cringe.

[–] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago

Trumps staff already beat you by prefacing that only super high-IQ people understand the humor

[–] hombre_fundido@lemmy.world 13 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

Also, fuck that guy.

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

[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 5 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Ew, I'd rather not fuck Elon. He's not my type.

[–] hombre_fundido@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago

Yeah, no one should actually be fucking Elon

[–] uebquauntbez@lemmy.world 4 points 10 hours ago

No X in name, so not Leons idea.

[–] mhague@lemmy.world 31 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] BakerBagel@midwest.social 17 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 3 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

yes they tried that in Turkey, president's highly incompetent son in law was made minister of Finance. At the start (2018) of this I think pounds/Turkish lira was sth like 4. He stayed for two years and it ended with maybe something like 10-12. As of now it is around 50 (people after him weren't that great either). Since nowadays production of almost anything in Turkey is tied to imports, prices of daily consumption goods as well as rent, housing etc went up by that amount too (salary increases not even comparable). good luck USA

[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

Nobody was smart as he thinks they should be will work for free - especially not for him and the orange idiot.

[–] kautau@lemmy.world 43 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Can this department kick it off by eliminating itself, since it’s a wish.com version of https://www.gao.gov/

[–] Archer@lemmy.world 5 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

It’s really great that is government efficiency department is in fact duplicative. An excellent microcosm

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[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 117 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (6 children)

This dipshit thinks he can save the country 2 trillion dollars by firing government workers.

Even if he fired every single government position in the entire country, he couldn't make up 2 fucking trillion dollars out of that. The budget for payroll is, what? Like 15% of the total spending?

[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 3 points 6 hours ago

The funny thing is this sweep will likely be very indiscriminate so among those fired many will have voted for Trump hoping groceries will be cheaper. They will learn first hand what happens when you entrust government to psychopaths and techbros.

[–] cybervseas@lemmy.world 108 points 18 hours ago (12 children)

He doesn't genuinely think that's true. It's all a grift.

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