Commentary
The raid on Donald Trump’s home, reportedly to pillage some documents that the former president believes he declassified, certainly raises some serious questions about the role of government power and what kind of regime it is under which we live.
Several reports suggest that the White House and President Joe Biden’s personal staff found out first about the raid on Twitter and then cheered the actions.
Who precisely is running this show? That’s the right question to ask. And whether we look at the COVID response, energy policy, education, or fundamental issues of criminal justice, the answer keeps coming back to us: it isn’t the people or their representatives but the administrative state that’s in charge. Its power has become so massive and so unchecked that it believes it can and should decide who it is for whom we are allowed to vote and even what the results should be….