Civil servants r the backbone of our democratic govt Autocrats around the world have gutted nonpartisan posts & packed govt w/ cronies—whose loyalty is 2 the party in power & not the people & Americans may soon see similar efforts here👇 www.brookings.edu/articles/the... - ThreadSky

normeisen.bsky.social • 51 days ago

Civil servants r the backbone of our democratic govt

Autocrats around the world have gutted nonpartisan posts & packed govt w/ cronies—whose loyalty is 2 the party in power & not the people

& Americans may soon see similar efforts here👇
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-anatomy-of-illiberal-states/

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stsimeon.bsky.social•51 days ago

Think of the irony, though, that unelected bureaucrats might be the backbone of an elected government. There’s a lot to think about in this, and it is not lacking in paradoxes. An old BBC comedy captures many of these paradoxes: “Yes Prime Minister.”

eddale.bsky.social•51 days ago

Isn’t this part of Project 2025? Haven’t most of Trump’s nominees already pledged to remove anyone who did not vote for him?

maze2.bsky.social•51 days ago

Not soon, it’s already happening. Especially in Texas.

kimkosina.bsky.social•51 days ago

Thank you for posting this article. I lived in Korea for 8 years. Americans definitely could take a page out of their book. We the people need to unite for our civil liberties and as a show of force

stillstanding4ds.bsky.social•51 days ago

I see it. I’m not sure our elected Dems really see it.

sgillas.bsky.social•51 days ago

That "may" not happen here. That IS happening here as we speak.

ed-never-forget.bsky.social•51 days ago

We're going to have to make the number 90M+ ...

We have a sh&t load of work to do.

Practically, strategically, tactically, ... Dems need to tear down and rebuild their f'ing marketing strategy. It's horrible.

druskimke.bsky.social•51 days ago

I do not disagree but we have to acknowledge the landscape where a small circle of increasingly unimaginably wealthy people not only rig the rules of the game but also the actual systems of information and influence. Messaging will have to take creative and subversive forms.

septembermoon.bsky.social•50 days ago

📌

dwmbarker.bsky.social•51 days ago

Add U.S. to the list. https://kettering.org/what-should-we-be-watching-for-lessons-from-the-playbooks-of-turkey-and-hungary/

cynlawless.bsky.social•51 days ago

we are seeing it now

massdisillusion.bsky.social•51 days ago

2 1/2 days

mchokran.bsky.social•51 days ago

It's not "Americans may soon see similar efforts here." It's "Americans will soon see similar efforts here." Why hedge? It's been a stated goal of this administration.

tinabgibby.bsky.social•51 days ago

I knew the civil servants would save us last time. This time? Sigh.

sabu1919.bsky.social•51 days ago

I heard felontrump is going to move the inauguration indoors due to the extreme cold weather for next week as an excuse for poor viewership. JFK did it and didn't even wore an overcoat. BOYCOTT!!!

hehastogo.bsky.social•51 days ago

Yes! These MAGAts don’t understand that civil servants are working PEOPLE wit families.

veruschkan.bsky.social•51 days ago

For sure, this is coming.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-civil-service-loyalty-transition-b2678674.html

cupecoy4me.bsky.social•51 days ago

It’s happening

wakingfeisty.bsky.social•51 days ago

“The hell it can’t!!”

I mean, he pretty much nailed how it all happens, and everything we’re witnessing, in the first 30p (or so) of that book. What’ve we got left; death of first guy, replacement by even worse second guy? People forget the US nearly went Nazi nationalist type in the ‘30’s…

cupecoy4me.bsky.social•51 days ago

Unfortunately- can’t fix MAGA Moron so it’s up to 1/3 of the country to
Convince the 1/3 who stayed home or voted for Jill Stein.

wakingfeisty.bsky.social•51 days ago

Pretty much. The poor memory of society screwed us here. They understood the immediacy after 4y, forgot, & will now be reminded in an even worse fashion. Anyone who said last June they were better off 4 before was a fucking idiot & I noticed the anti socialism crowd sure loved their socialism then…😒

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