I know I've wanted younger people in government, but I was hoping for people in their 30's or 40's. These kids can't even rent a car legally. I've got a feeling that they're just puppets.
this post was submitted on 31 Jan 2025
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Speaking as a former puppet: all of Capitol Hill/much of D.C. is run by 20-somethings like this, precisely because they're easy to manipulate.
You can rent a car at 18, at least in Colorado and California. I'm pretty sure it's everywhere though
I was under the impression it was 25. We were both kinda wrong, though. Minimum age is 18, but that only exists in New York and Michigan. Everywhere else is 21. Anyone under 25 is expected to pay an additional cost per day that they have the vehicle. TIL
https://www.enterprise.com/en/help/faqs/car-rental-under-25.html
Holy shit, I had to check whether this was the onion or not on this one.
I susppect that billionaires prefer young people in certain roles because many young people lack the experience to recognize evil instructions.
"One, a senior adviser to the director, is a 21-year-old whose online resume touts his work for Palantir," per Wired, while another "who reports directly to Scales, graduated from high school in 2024." A copy of the latter's resume include his summer internship with Musk's Neuralink, alongside jobs as — we assure you that we are not joking — a camp counselor and bike mechanic.
Although both these tykes are ostensibly poised to rip and tear through America's federal agencies, Wired declined to name them "because of their ages" — a somewhat baffling choice given that both appear to be of legal age. (And if they're not, well, that's a much bigger problem.)
At least the 5th article shitting on wired for not naming them...
But no one else has the names besides Wired?
Like, I agree they should disclose the names, but I don't understand why no one else can find out who these "kids" are.
Most "news" sites don't partake in actual journalism, they just shit out news from other sites. It's kind of like the human centipede, it's all shit beyond a single, original source.
High school in the US goes up until you are 20? Or was he behind a couple of years
The 21 year old is a separate person.
They're trying to eat their cake and have it too.