Part of the reason Elon uses barely-adults for the DOGE humiliation ritual interviews is because it makes them especially humiliating.
But it's ALSO that these staffers literally do not have enough frontal lobe or enough life experience to understand the enormity of the crimes they are committing.
But it's ALSO that these staffers literally do not have enough frontal lobe or enough life experience to understand the enormity of the crimes they are committing.
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2. They are young enough to think they are invincible and won’t suffer the consequences of their actions.
3. They are stupid enough to be scapegoats and take the fall.
"Children are recruited because they are seen as valuable resources—They take advantage of children’s susceptibility to manipulation and loyalty because of their limited cognitive development and desire for social connections."
https://gjia.georgetown.edu/2024/02/25/why-child-soldiering-persists-in-africa/
Das macht’s auch nicht besser
But they simply are not old enough to understand the MAGNITUDE of the harm they are doing.
Easy to manipulate and radicalize into doing truly atrocious actions before they're old enough to understand the magnitude of it.
They are manipulatable AND expendable.
Their names will be a stain forever.
Even at nearly forty it boggles my mind. I can barely comprehend it.
One of the most striking things about the Trump/Musk/Yarvin political aesthetic is exactly that it revels in cruelty, bullying, & breaking things. Power is "your body, my choice." They decided the Bond villains were their role models.
And they also think that finally a mediocre white guy is where he belongs. Because everyone else is less than mediocre.
Why do you think you are owed a job?
I fear they're going to meet a mob
"I didn't write the code that broke the Treasury! I told Bigballs to be careful!"
“We need super high-IQ small-government revolutionaries willing to work 80+ hours per week on unglamorous cost-cutting”
That's the kind of copy you write to attract interns, not top talent.
I know this because I've worked in the tech industry. It's a common practice.