What do you think about claims such as “Trump ruled the United States in 2020” or even “Trump ruled the executive branch of the United States in 2020? Both are quite simplistic statements. Trump didn’t have the power to get the Southern District of New York which is within the executive branch to do what he wanted.
Most people overrate the power of the US president. Most people whether or not they believe in conspiracy theories have models of how power works that are not as complex as real-world interactions.
Some of these theories admittedly have proven to be grounded in real events, the most notable of those proven to be largely true are likely those regarding the affairs of clandestine agencies such as the CIA, NSA, KGB, and so on.
Intelligence agencies are not the only organizations that per-default operate in secret. The Mafia and other organized crime also operate in secret.
In Italy, the freemason lodge P2 had a lot of political power, and even after it was dissolved, one of its members, Berlusconi, became the most powerful man in Italy.
It’s clear that no single individual ‘rules’, or can rule, the United States. Or Italy for that matter. All claims to the contrary are necessarily false. It may be a bit more difficult to demonstrate via a short series of socratic questioning but it should be possible.
Your example of SDNY vs the White House also demonstrates that no one individual has complete control over the executive branch of the US, at least in modern times.
What do you think about claims such as “Trump ruled the United States in 2020” or even “Trump ruled the executive branch of the United States in 2020? Both are quite simplistic statements. Trump didn’t have the power to get the Southern District of New York which is within the executive branch to do what he wanted.
Most people overrate the power of the US president. Most people whether or not they believe in conspiracy theories have models of how power works that are not as complex as real-world interactions.
Intelligence agencies are not the only organizations that per-default operate in secret. The Mafia and other organized crime also operate in secret.
In Italy, the freemason lodge P2 had a lot of political power, and even after it was dissolved, one of its members, Berlusconi, became the most powerful man in Italy.
It’s clear that no single individual ‘rules’, or can rule, the United States. Or Italy for that matter. All claims to the contrary are necessarily false. It may be a bit more difficult to demonstrate via a short series of socratic questioning but it should be possible.
Your example of SDNY vs the White House also demonstrates that no one individual has complete control over the executive branch of the US, at least in modern times.