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.

  • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    3 hours ago

    Also, most actual intelligent people understand that IQ is incredibly flawed at best, and put little stock in it.

    But I guess if your goal is “anti-DEI” or whatever, then of course you’re cool with intelligence tests that make white people seem smarter.

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      I’m a guy with a high “test IQ”, and my sister, who is in the normal range is way more succesful that me in most aspects of life. You don’t want high “test IQ”, you want “smart people” not the same, and far more difficult to measure. High IQ basically means you are good at solving certain types of puzzles

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        29 minutes ago

        And smart people don’t often work for free. Unless it’s at gunpoint or similar. Though that might be in the plans of fascist assholes like Elongated Muskrat.

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        2 hours ago

        Exactly. Yes, I can tell you the chronological order of these images very quickly, but good luck getting me to do it.