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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?
"high-IQ small-government revolutionaries"
No, "rich people," because nobody else can survive with no pay.
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
“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.
Future headline : “Department of Government Efficiency still completely without staff as those meeting the high requirements to take the job are smart enough to have zero interest in doing the job under those conditions"
Alternate future headline: "Department of Government Efficiency plagued by yet another scandal as its 45th employee is charged with fraud for attempting to personally gain financially from fraud they were perpetrating in the government".
Tragedy or comedy? Why not both?
Text book Elon, pay for super smart people and take all the credit for their work and say you're smart because of it. Guy fails upwards
Anyone smart enough wouldn’t want to work for him.
Well, if nothing else it's efficient 😬
So, slavery will soon be making a comeback in 2025.
M-elon Head to run the department of slavery with un-paid workers. What an unstable 'genius'.