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    eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Aug 26

    idea im turning over dignified institutions: Congress, presidency efficient institutions: courts, bureaucracy here of course I use these descriptors in strict parallel to Bagehot. and extremely not in their casual sense

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      2. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Aug 26

        what's interesting is that the bureaucracy in particular is defined by a kind of lack of agency and initiative. not to mention intense self-interest so if you cede most governing power to a bureaucracy you shouldnt be surprised by govt sclerosishttps://samoburja.com/how-to-use-bureaucracies/ …

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      3. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Aug 26

        eigenrobot Retweeted Emmett Shear

        government justified by presenting results to an electorate vs government justified by following a scripthttps://twitter.com/eshear/status/1430947734144446468?s=19 …

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        Emmett ShearVerified account @eshear
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        “Efficient organizations” by your definition are ones that are required to explain their decisions (judges write lengthy decisions, bureaucracies at least internally produce vast quantities of formally reasoned paperwork). “Dignified organizations” may simply act, unexplained.
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      4. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Aug 26

        anyway it feels like many (most?) important political decisions are made by the courts at this point. and most routine decisions are handled by independent bureaucracies outside the control of any particular Dignified political actor

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      5. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Aug 26

        this is sort of disappointing as someone who enjoys Congressional gridlock on the theory that the government not doing things is good actually because the efficient institutions will keep chugging away without any meaningful check

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      1. Emmett Shear‏Verified account @eshear Aug 26
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        “Efficient organizations” by your definition are ones that are required to explain their decisions (judges write lengthy decisions, bureaucracies at least internally produce vast quantities of formally reasoned paperwork). “Dignified organizations” may simply act, unexplained.

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      2. Squirrels in space‏ @squirrelspcsuit Aug 26
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        it seems like Congress has taken this position over time as it's outsourced its role to the bureaucracy, wheras the post-Henry Clay pre-Pendleton Act Congress was much more of an efficient institution

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      3. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Aug 26
        Replying to @squirrelspcsuit

        100% yeah

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      2. Belli‏ @bellisaurius Aug 26
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        Your posts make such wonderful rabbit holes to explore. This is an article from 1977, and it's interesting to see the viewpoint at the nadir of their power, but before thatcher comes into play, and how all that played out 40years laterhttps://www.nytimes.com/1977/06/09/archives/dignified-and-efficient.html …

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      3. eigenrobot‏ @eigenrobot Aug 26
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        oh faaaaascinating!

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      1. Bobson Dugnutt‏ @sligoriver_anon Aug 26
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        Looks like you don’t have to read this nowhttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Security_and_Double_Government …

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