People that make their way to the highest levels of government in the broad center-left coalition tend to be, genuine institutionalists who truly do believe in their hearts that, for lack of a better phrase, The System Works.
https://twitter.com/stevenmazie/status/1398326037084262401
In some ways, I think that's good! There's a kind of wariness of procedural maximalism and pure cynical will-to-power struggle among many (not all!) that can serve as a useful check on some of the worst impulses in politics and governance.
But I am a bit panicked that this ethos, which is the dominant ethos among most Democrats in government at the highest levels has what it takes to actually resist and defeat the forces gathering outside the castle walls.
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