# Additional Fire Points - [ ] Find a way to insert tje point about how veterans and rural white men benefit from the same "widen the applicant pool, evaluate on structured criteria" mechanism that DEI offices build - [ ] The opposite of DEI's friction removal isnt "pure" meritocracy, it's informal gatekeeping, i.e. nepotism, and other bullshit ways people get jobs they don't deserve # Todo's ## Finding Visuals - [ ] Find a bunch of videos of Republicans saying "DEI" - [ ] Screenshot or screenrecording for the origin of the word "meritocracy" - [ ] Image of cover of *The Rise of the Meritocracy* - [ ] Any clip of Republicans explaining what DEI is - [ ] Graphics for the `Hsieh et al.` *Allocation of Talent . . .* paper's data (listed in first Claude outline) - [ ] ## Additional Prep - [ ] Learn about *The Rise of Meritocracy* - [ ] Make a list of title ideas 980358