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kentuck

(111,052 posts) Wed Nov 20, 2019, 05:11 PM Nov 2019

The "de-construction of the administrative state"...

We are witnessing the results of the Steve Bannon policy of "de-construction of the administrative state" with our present State Dept.

From the beginning, with the hire of Rex Tillerson, they have chosen to shrink and weaken the State Department.

This is where it ends.

https://fortune.com/2017/02/25/bannon-trump-cabinet-cpac/

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The "de-construction of the administrative state"... (Original Post) kentuck Nov 2019 OP

the proper description is "the creation of a totalitarian centralized government" Thomas Hurt Nov 2019 #1

Exactly what I've been thinking, but it doesn't stop with the State Department. n/t ariadne0614 Nov 2019 #2

Why was that complete assholes distorted view of government A HERETIC I AM Nov 2019 #3

Thomas Hurt

(13,903 posts)

1. the proper description is "the creation of a totalitarian centralized government"

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Wed Nov 20, 2019, 05:14 PM

Nov 2019

ariadne0614

(1,702 posts)

2. Exactly what I've been thinking, but it doesn't stop with the State Department. n/t

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Wed Nov 20, 2019, 05:16 PM

Nov 2019

A HERETIC I AM

(24,360 posts)

3. Why was that complete assholes distorted view of government

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Wed Nov 20, 2019, 05:18 PM

Nov 2019

Ever allowed to become policy?

Never mind. I know the answer.

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