You said: “Never Trumpers were put up against their true values and rejected the populist view, actually fled towards socialism; explaining why they did that is up to someone with...”
Well I don’t think I have anything additional in the ways of insight...but my opinion is that populists believe that the power resides with the people and not the institutions. Socialists and Rinos that fled in the direction believe it is the institution and themselves that hold the power - so they moved accordingly.
I don’t think there are many in our government who really believe in any form of servant leadership....which is what our founders intended for government to exercise...it’s why term limits are needed. Personally. I think it should be across policy roles and not just elected office - either that or elected offices with no regulatory writing powers allowed to the unelected bureaucracy.
Undeniably true. I figure it began with a failure of the Congress, who saw a way to avoid dealing with controversial issues by empowering the agency bureaucrats to pass regulations - not laws. Once instituted the politicians saw a great scam that they could legalize: shovel dollars out of the public trough for the bureaucrats and they can kick back a nice portion in the form of political donations and ???
***I don’t think there are many in our government who really believe in any form of servant leadership....which is what our founders intended***
Again true. I first took notice of the shift during the GWB Administration; the objective news media broadcast a stunning report that Prez Bush was interfering with State Dept foreign policy objectives. I scratched my head and asked myself: isn't that what the president is elected to do?
One thing RUSSIAGATE showed us is that the bureaucrats not only considered themselves our masters, they also felt the need to use their power (given to them by our elected representatives) to punish anyone standing in the way of exercising that power.
Those bitter waters feed the roots of tyranny.