I think there’s about a 50% change of an autocracy/hybrid regime of some sort and a 50% change of a severely degraded and unstable democracy because there can be no functional government when public servants can expect to be fired every 4 years. The kinds of reforms needed to rebuild stability require constitutional amendments that cannot be passed short of admitting 50+ blue states, which is such a blatant power grab it could trigger a rebellion/secession.
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Lowkey want Ezra kleins reaction to his article 10 years later
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Woke: our government is going to be fine
Broke: our government is being destroyed
Bespoke: our government is so bloated, bureaucratic and overstaffed they don’t even have enough time to touch a fraction of it. Hooray for bureaucracy!
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Seems misleading to post a 2015 article without mentioning that
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I think there’s about a 50% change of an autocracy/hybrid regime of some sort and a 50% change of a severely degraded and unstable democracy because there can be no functional government when public servants can expect to be fired every 4 years. The kinds of reforms needed to rebuild stability require constitutional amendments that cannot be passed short of admitting 50+ blue states, which is such a blatant power grab it could trigger a rebellion/secession.
Lowkey want Ezra kleins reaction to his article 10 years later
Woke: our government is going to be fine
Broke: our government is being destroyed
Bespoke: our government is so bloated, bureaucratic and overstaffed they don’t even have enough time to touch a fraction of it. Hooray for bureaucracy!
Seems misleading to post a 2015 article without mentioning that