Yeah, that'd be the true believer response. I just think most of the deep state actors are probably dirty rats rather than zealots. The zealots flock to the NGOs more.
I'd agree in business where profit is the general motive, but in government/state "services" I'm more inclined to lean on the desire for power and control rather than immediate gain.
Think about the kind of person that becomes a school teacher, ESPECIALLY the types that we see all over social media pushing agendas that they absolutely go out of their way to do. Their purpose in life is advocacy, not just to have a job. They're absolutely zealots. The teachers of our childhood are absolutely gone. The teachers that are interested in teaching are a loooong forgotten minority in the system.
Ah I'm seeing these cuts as working from the top down, cutting out the DoE for example won't disenfranchise a single teacher, just a bunch of politically ambitious bureaucrats that hand teachers absurd procedures to follow if they want that sweet fed funding.
Yeah the ones who stay as lower level gov. employees are more like zealots, but the higher up the bureaucracy you go, the more likely zealots are to be supplanted by people for whom personal power was the primary goal rather than an afterthought. They'll speak like zealots to control the zealots below them, but they'll flip flop for any bigger threat to their position.
cutting out the DoE for example won't disenfranchise a single teacher, just a bunch of politically ambitious bureaucrats
I disagree, and think that's worse. Think about the kind of person that becomes a bureaucrat within the DoE?
but they'll flip flop for any bigger threat to their position.
They haven't yet. I think this might be relying a little too much on the idea that the elites have no principles, standards or over-arching goals. I'm sorry, but a lot of them truly believe what they're doing is in the best interest of society. That's what makes it such a threat. People who sway with the breeze can be themselves controlled and bought off. These people aren't like that. It's why the whole thing needs to be torn right down. And personally I don't believe it can be rebuilt, but it's only at that point that even an idealist could agree it could be rebuilt. Anything before that is just allowing the roots to remain in tact.
Yeah, that'd be the true believer response. I just think most of the deep state actors are probably dirty rats rather than zealots. The zealots flock to the NGOs more.
I'd agree in business where profit is the general motive, but in government/state "services" I'm more inclined to lean on the desire for power and control rather than immediate gain.
Think about the kind of person that becomes a school teacher, ESPECIALLY the types that we see all over social media pushing agendas that they absolutely go out of their way to do. Their purpose in life is advocacy, not just to have a job. They're absolutely zealots. The teachers of our childhood are absolutely gone. The teachers that are interested in teaching are a loooong forgotten minority in the system.
Ah I'm seeing these cuts as working from the top down, cutting out the DoE for example won't disenfranchise a single teacher, just a bunch of politically ambitious bureaucrats that hand teachers absurd procedures to follow if they want that sweet fed funding.
Yeah the ones who stay as lower level gov. employees are more like zealots, but the higher up the bureaucracy you go, the more likely zealots are to be supplanted by people for whom personal power was the primary goal rather than an afterthought. They'll speak like zealots to control the zealots below them, but they'll flip flop for any bigger threat to their position.
I disagree, and think that's worse. Think about the kind of person that becomes a bureaucrat within the DoE?
They haven't yet. I think this might be relying a little too much on the idea that the elites have no principles, standards or over-arching goals. I'm sorry, but a lot of them truly believe what they're doing is in the best interest of society. That's what makes it such a threat. People who sway with the breeze can be themselves controlled and bought off. These people aren't like that. It's why the whole thing needs to be torn right down. And personally I don't believe it can be rebuilt, but it's only at that point that even an idealist could agree it could be rebuilt. Anything before that is just allowing the roots to remain in tact.