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Is this admin making the government smaller? So far they are expanding power, firing dissents and trying to reduce spending to humanitarian causes and educatio

by dgb23 2y ago

Is this admin making the government smaller? So far they are expanding power, firing dissents and trying to reduce spending to humanitarian causes and education, to expand its hegemony, to agitate allies. They even attempt to increase means of incarceration. But there’s no attempt to decentralize power.

Terr_ 2y ago
> government smaller I'd also emphasize that a dictator is smaller than a Congress, but not better, and "fewer written rules" can easily conflict with "more freedom for individuals." Just imagine if the many state laws concerning crimes and misdemeanors were torn up in favor of "don't piss off the police." Sure, it's way shorter, but you've simply replaced the hard-fought written rules (which you have a chance to see, understand, contest, etc.) with hidden unwritten ones that change semi-randomly.