I mean because party politics has become 'I only vote for my team, if I don't like my team I don't vote'
It's not even that. The core issue is that in pretty much any supposedly developed country, the government is only for show, and the place is run by unseen bureaucrats enforcing a tangled web of international treaties that literally nobody understands completely. So it doesn't matter who you vote for, you will get more globohomo - and people cope by treating elections as a team sport.
Yes the civil service, a less glamorous boring version of America's deep state. They do hold a lot of power because a lot of the politicians just can't be bothered to do their work and just pass it off to bureaucrats so they effectively run the country.
It's very easy to stop them, bring in people that only care about their area and don't trust the civil service so do the work themselves and you'll see their power cracks quickly. Harder in the US as last guy that tried ended up with a hole in his head...
It's not even that. The core issue is that in pretty much any supposedly developed country, the government is only for show, and the place is run by unseen bureaucrats enforcing a tangled web of international treaties that literally nobody understands completely. So it doesn't matter who you vote for, you will get more globohomo - and people cope by treating elections as a team sport.
Yes the civil service, a less glamorous boring version of America's deep state. They do hold a lot of power because a lot of the politicians just can't be bothered to do their work and just pass it off to bureaucrats so they effectively run the country.
It's very easy to stop them, bring in people that only care about their area and don't trust the civil service so do the work themselves and you'll see their power cracks quickly. Harder in the US as last guy that tried ended up with a hole in his head...