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So the thing about autocratic states is that they do not value competence; they value loyalty. Accordingly, they are very poorly run. This is pretty much a univ
by rsynnott 9mo ago
So the thing about autocratic states is that they do not value competence; they value loyalty. Accordingly, they are very poorly run. This is pretty much a universal with the arguable exception of China (which is weird by autocratic states standards in many ways). The people in positions to do this in DOJ will be loyalists, not people who are good at their jobs.
- bubbi 9mo ago[dead]
- chrisjj 9mo agoOne wonders what makes competence and loyalty mutually exclusive.
- rsynnott 9mo agoThey’re probably not totally mutually exclusive. But blind loyalty to a _person_ (which is what you’re looking at here) is mostly a not-very-smart-person thing. (To be clear, loyalty to a country or to an ideal is a different thing, but unshakeable loyalty to a single person is normally a bad sign.)