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Looking at the HN comments apparently nobody wants to believe that civil servants can fail unless hindered by the political bosses, and that Presidents are pers
by someguydave 6y ago
Looking at the HN comments apparently nobody wants to believe that civil servants can fail unless hindered by the political bosses, and that Presidents are personally responsible for what 2.8 million federal employees do all day.
I wonder if they blame the Queen in the U.K.?
- rsynnott 6y agoThe queen isn't in charge of the civil service. People in Britain absolutely do blame the cabinet (the UK's executive) and particularly the prime minster when they fuck up, yes. I mean, obviously.
- someguydave 6y agoYou should watch “Yes, Minister” and “Yes, Prime Minister” for reasons why you shouldn’t believe the elected politicians have anything to do with what the UK government actually does.
- lumberingjack 6y agoJust watching the House of Commons debate finer points about covid-19 is hilarious seems like they're more clueless than the public because they're scared blind over losing their positions