ELON MUSK and Vivek Ramaswamy plan to whip the American state into form. On November 14th their newly created Division of Authorities Effectivity (DOGE) introduced that it desires to rent “super-high-IQ small-government revolutionaries” to work on cost-cutting. It’s straightforward to ridicule the enterprise. Mr Musk has talked of ripping $2trn from the federal finances, an quantity that, if achieved in a 12 months, would exceed the federal government’s total discretionary spending. His give attention to deregulation, job cuts and fraud is unlikely to offer the requisite financial savings. Donald Trump has given DOGE lower than two years. The entity is an advisory physique. And its identify is impressed by a joke cryptocurrency.