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One man isn’t an apparatus in lockstep seeking to perpetuate its power for its own sake. That’s not at all the same. This is the state believing it has preemi
by mc32 3y ago
One man isn’t an apparatus in lockstep seeking to perpetuate its power for its own sake. That’s not at all the same.
This is the state believing it has preeminence over the people and can ignore laws to further their own goals without public input and without discussion; without hearings.
- lapcat 3y ago> One man isn’t an apparatus in lockstep seeking to perpetuate its power for its own sake. From the linked Wikipedia page: "Historians have suggested since the 1980s that as McCarthy's involvement was less central than that of others, a different and more accurate term should be used instead that more accurately conveys the breadth of the phenomenon, and that the term McCarthyism is now outdated. Ellen Schrecker has suggested that Hooverism after FBI Head J. Edgar Hoover is more appropriate."
- mc32 3y agoSo we're back to the apparatus being the baddies, right? That's what we're talking about. They're accountable to no-one, they can't be voted out --only Congress, who seem happy to abrogate their powers can rein them in, yet seem unwilling. It's this that Jefferson, Eisenhower, JFK and others warned us about and we've only allowed them deeper penetration into power.