
It was the most recent disturbing analysis of the government’s interventions in nearly every branch of the federal government, which also included President Trump’s blasting, , and civil servants to leave.
The details of Mr. Musk’s part and mission in that transformation are still hazy, and the whole picture of the government overhaul has not yet been fully captured. ( On Monday, President Trump tried to offer some clarity, that” Elon can’t do and won’t do anything without our approval”. )
However, these tales ‘ cumulative effects provide at best a complex response to a problem that ought to be straightforward: Who exactly is in charge of the federal government?
It’s disturbing enough not to be able to directly address “democratically elected frontrunners” in the media. Perhaps more troubling is the possibility that the real solution is Mr. Musk — the world’s richest guy— and other inexplicable, appointed, unsubstantiated allies cozy with the president.
Social economists have a brand for that: state capture. When powerful private interests have a large influence on a government, it is possible for them to freely direct policy decisions and public funds for their own good or for the good of their ideological contemporaries ( or both ).
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