“Drain the Swamp” by Larry P. Arnn

The most recent issue of Imprimis, the publication by Hillsdale College, is a good one. In it, Larry P. Arnn, the president of Hillsdale College, explains the problems caused by the administrative state or bureaucratic state. Here is an excerpt:

The recent election is the product of a decades-long struggle in American politics that has intensified since 2016. The election produced a victory for the man who caused the intensification, Donald Trump. He caused it by convincing a people, jaded from broken promises, that he would ‘drain the swamp.’ He also convinced the people who inhabit the swamp, and they have scorched the earth to stop him. He has been canceled, derided, slandered, libeled, investigated, searched, impeached, arrested, prosecuted, tried, convicted, shot, and yet…reelected!

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In another spot-on passage, Arnn describes the administrative state as follows:

“It vaunts expertise and professionalism over politics and the principle of representation. Over time it has become unable to hide its contempt for American citizens. Its leaders have called them deplorables and worse. It seeks to take children from their parents and prosecutes parents if they complain. It seeks to restrict speech to assertions that enjoy its sanction.”

Read the rest here.