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Civil services typically have both kinds — political appointees and career servants, The career servants are there for expertise and stability. For the politic
by Arnt 2y ago
Civil services typically have both kinds — political appointees and career servants,
The career servants are there for expertise and stability. For the political leadership, they bring deep knowledge of what's happened in the past years. For their department and for the population that the state serves, they bring stability and continuity to the projects their department executes.
Remember that the Department of Foo carries out Foo-related projects. One generally does not want to replace all the senior people mid-project.
- CapricornNoble 2y ago> For their department and for the population that the state serves, they bring stability and continuity to the projects their department executes. The less polite term for what you are describing is "The Deep State": unelected government bureaucrats who keep stuff rolling despite political turnover. Brian Berletic has some good videos on YT where he's described the continuing escalatory actions of the US with regards to Russia across every Presidency of the 21st century, both Democrat and Republican. Bureaucrats keeping the Department of Commerce consistent is probably fine. Bureaucrats keeping the Executive Branch's own National Security Council (which is what the article is about) from changing course on major issues including foreign policy? Probably NOT fine.