Who's Really In Charge?
Yesterday in a comment I quoted a portion of a post by John Hinderaker, which cast doubt on Zhou’s actual functioning in the White House. Hinderaker’s post was prompted by Zhou’s remarkable statements regarding the Student Loan scam, which clearly indicated that Zhou believes that Congress passed an actual law allowing the forgiveness of student loans. The reality, of course, is that Zhou issued an executive order in that regard. No vote in Congress, no law. It was a stunning moment even by the low level of Zhou’s functioning we’ve become accustomed to. Hinderaker asked the obvious questions: Did Zhou simply sign off on a piece of paper that was placed in front of him? Did he have any real idea what he was signing?
Similar questions apply to the war on Russia. Who’s actually in charge of that? Or, really, just about any government activity. Who’s really in charge of that? Who determines policy and issues marching orders to the underlings who carry them out, all the way down to FBI SWAT teams busting into pro-lifers’ homes?
Here are two brief media pieces that raise these questions regarding this trend that we see almost everywhere in the collective West—the transformation of representative government into a sort of Potemkin Village. No, Russia has no monopoly on such pre-fab villages. The Western versions might well make Russians blush. Anyway, you can apply these concepts as widely as you’d like. Please be aware—the Youtube with Doug Macgregor is only tangentially concerned with strictly matters. It’s really all about our government.
This is what is frightening me the most. Like him or hate him, Putin is a rational actor. American decisions seem to be made by committees, which are not rational actors, because Biden is simply incapable of making decisions. We could easily blunder into a major war by mistake. It would be much safer having just about anybody in charge than what we have now, which is nobody in charge.
The problem since Biden has been in place is that it doesn't matter what we, the citizens suffering under this administration, think. We have no seat at the table except for our elected representatives who apparently will not initiate Biden's removal under the condition of obvious mental incapacity. It was Kevin McCarthy who unwisely stated that a Republican controlled House would not move to impeach Biden. On the other hand, how much more damage can be done to the nation in Biden's name before the Republicans have the majority? McCarthy may have placed himself in a perilous position, particularly after his initial backing of Liz Cheney before reversing course. At least he knows the right answer when told. He needs to be told again.