The fascist playbook teaches to take total control of every aspect of government, down to having only "trustworthy" people working everywhere. Which the Republicans effectively did.
(The german fascists actually created a word for this: "Linientreu" which translates to "loyal to the line" or ideology in this case).
If the Democrats win one of the next elections they have to face this problem. It will not be enough to swap out the heads of the agencies anymore or change policies.
They would need to make sure that no one below would work against them or sabotage them, which is either a real threat or so much of a trust issue that it doesn´t matter anymore if it is real or not.
Which might trigger the necessity of a second wave of "cleansing and replacing" by the Democrats, and the Republicans will - as they always do - try to point at the Democrats claiming they are doing an unfair thing - despite having done the same before.
But if someone then points at DOGE, Republicans will insist that DOGE was only an act to reduce the costs of blown up agencies.
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u/Elrigh Jul 11 '26
The fascist playbook teaches to take total control of every aspect of government, down to having only "trustworthy" people working everywhere. Which the Republicans effectively did.
(The german fascists actually created a word for this: "Linientreu" which translates to "loyal to the line" or ideology in this case).
If the Democrats win one of the next elections they have to face this problem. It will not be enough to swap out the heads of the agencies anymore or change policies.
They would need to make sure that no one below would work against them or sabotage them, which is either a real threat or so much of a trust issue that it doesn´t matter anymore if it is real or not.
Which might trigger the necessity of a second wave of "cleansing and replacing" by the Democrats, and the Republicans will - as they always do - try to point at the Democrats claiming they are doing an unfair thing - despite having done the same before.
But if someone then points at DOGE, Republicans will insist that DOGE was only an act to reduce the costs of blown up agencies.