> The closest thing you get to principles are civil servants, who are hired for their domain expertise. But voters grumble because those civil servants aren't e

> The closest thing you get to principles are civil servants, who are hired for their domain expertise. But voters grumble because those civil servants aren't elected; they are basically self propagating by hiring their successors It’s a principle-agent problem. Civil servants have principles and act on them, but they’re not necessarily the principles voters share.