Kyle HughesWe are presently living through the worst-case scenario of the administrative state given to a bad actor. It gives me great pause. Is there any way forward without dismantling it?
If hardening our democratic institutions meant becoming a Pocket Constitution person and advocating for the rights of gun ownership, could you do it?
I am really grappling with the administrative state right now. I believed that it was not possible for the American public to elect someone that would actually weaponize it in the way that was often feared. My threat model was wrong.
Was everything it gave us just a phenomenon of being helmed by philosopher kings? Do we have anything if it is not durable?
Democracy has to be first. If delegated power can be turned into a weapon then the complexity that delegation seeks to solve is irrelevant.
Jake Grant@kyle I remember learning that the other branches of government would keep bad behavior in check. But they failed to teach what would happen if those other branches were cool with it.
@jakegrant for what it’s worth, the administrative state does inherently blur those lines and imbue a tremendous level of cross-branch power with the Executive
Kaito* Congress just wants to keep their jobs. They vote away their power so they can shrug and say, "There's nothing we can do!"
* The Supreme Court is more interested in keeping the power of lower courts in check than preserving democracy.
* We made Jimmy Carter sell his peanut farm to avoid a conflict of interest.
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