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by AlexandrB 2272 days ago
Of the two US political parties, one has an explicitly stated mission to defund, neuter, and shrink public institutions[1]. I don’t think it’s a stretch to blame an institutional crisis on those who want to take credit for the “savings” they’ve achieved by crippling those same institutions.

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starve_the_beast