Source: The UnPopulist
by Francis Fukuyama
“As we suffer through the DOGE attack on the American government, we are being made all too aware of the right-wing critique of the ‘deep state.’ This critique has been around since the 1930s, and was re-inserted into the culture by Ronald Reagan in 1986 when he said, ‘the nine most terrifying words in the English language are ‘I’m from the government and I’m here to help.’’ It has been vastly amplified by Donald Trump and echoed now by Elon Musk: according to them, we are being ruled by ‘unelected bureaucrats’ who have escaped the control of democratically-elected leaders and are implementing a left-wing agenda. The attack on the federal bureaucracy was not, however, a fever dream that came only from conservatives.” (05/03/25)
https://www.theunpopulist.net/p/regulatory-tyranny-makes-both-the