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Rest in peace Allan. As much as his action were admirable, the most shocking thing about that story was how the politicians rallied to protect him after his de
by mihaic 2y ago
Rest in peace Allan.
As much as his action were admirable, the most shocking thing about that story was how the politicians rallied to protect him after his demotion, forcing his company to keep and actually promote him. That's why I get both sad and angry when I hear the new mantra of "Government can't do anything, the markets have to regulate that problem."
- capitainenemo 2y agoI mean... his company was sitting on a lucrative government contract for an agency that was working hard to cover up a failure. It's fortunate that in this case distribution of power (and the shocking nature of the failure) ensured that the right thing happened, but I see a corporate and government management colluding to maintain their positions. Distribution of power is definitely important though, whether public or private. People concerned about government abuse is due to the fact that due to its nature, government power structures are more often centralised and without competitors by definition. There are monitors but they are often parts of the same system.
- dr-detroit 2y ago[dead]
- cptskippy 2y ago> the new mantra of "Government can't do anything, the markets have to regulate that problem." That's been the conservative line for 35+ years. How is that new?
- jepj57 2y ago[flagged]
- ToucanLoucan 2y agoI think more like 70 years at this point. It's been SOP for the conservatives to get elected to govern, make government worse at every turn while enriching themselves and their friends, and then turning around to the public and being like "look how badly this works, clearly we need to cut taxes since it isn't working" and rinse and repeat until every institution in the world is borderline non-functioning.
- kbolino 2y agoIt was Jimmy Carter and not Ronald Reagan who scrapped the civil service competency exams. Government getting worse has been a two-party affair for quite some time. No one has any incentive to fix it, and the system is so vast, so complex, and so self-serving that no one even has the power to fix it (as things stand).
- ToucanLoucan 2y agoThe Democrats in America are highly conservative. Not as conservative as the Republicans, but still very conservative. We don't have a left and a right here, we have a hard right and a center right.
- kbolino 2y agoCertain "hard right" parties like the PAP in Singapore and the LDP in Japan have placed a competent civil service at the forefront of their policies. Though in many ways, the US may appear more conservative than its "peers", in other ways, it appears more liberal.