[banana_feather]

> If you want speed of policymaking, you can become more authoritarian a la china or have a more elitist policymaking system like some portion of european countries

I didn't realize the United States was an authoritarian system until just a few weeks ago. Free at last, free at last. Can you shed some light on what speeds of policymaking are definitely not authoritarian? Asking for a friend.

[rangestransform]

Having unelected, educated bureaucrats make policy like the chevron ruling permitted is definitely more elitist than having direct democracy or elected representatives make policy, which I would consider more populist. I’m not calling it bad or good, that’s just what it is, I think both elitist and populist are bad words these days

[jncfhnb]

I’m sorry are you criticizing our bureaucrats for being educated?