A predicate for autocracy?
https://bsky.app/profile/nytimes.com/post/3ldr6txrd5c2i
https://bsky.app/profile/nytimes.com/post/3ldr6txrd5c2i
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The New York Times
President-elect Trump has moved to install loyalists in jobs that Congress did not intend for new presidents to replace at the start of their terms, eroding a traditional constraint on executive power even before he takes office.
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"Oligarchy begets oligopoly. Privatize the profits, nationalize the costs, use govt power to promote allies and punish rivals. Move govt power out of sight into unaccountable private hands. Been there, done that, in Russia."
Resist like America and Democracy depends on it because it does.