The faceless bureaucrat is difficult to counter by virtue of their obscurity—need specifics. The interconnections could be mapped out for the hierarchy. Party connections important to attain higher postings, and active party activities likely to enter the starter positions.
“The faceless bureaucrat is difficult to counter by virtue of
their obscurity”
Not really once the war of the government vs the people starts anyone still at a government post of any capacity anywhere, their family included are enemies of the people and no quarter should or will be given. History shows the way to win a insurgency is to go after the soft targets that is the families of the party members and their functionary minions. Sun Tzu accurately predicted that once men have nothing to lose and are on deadly ground they are capable of almost super human feats and morality,fear and empathy are gone..GONE. freeze someone assets, take the kids, and come after life and libery well that is deadly ground and total genocidal war can and should be on the table. a team of a few snipers with 50cal rifles could eliminate the key members of the political class in a few minutes given inside intel no amount of personal body armor is effective against the 50bmg round at long distances period not even ceramic plates. That is how this ends with a genocide like the Balkans or currently in Syria.