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Timeflyer

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15. "Engineered incompetence" is the term R. Ben-Ghiat uses for Trump's Cabinet picks.

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Sat Mar 29, 2025, 10:42 AM

Mar 2025

"Authoritarian states abound with examples of engineered incompetence, when leaders appoint individuals to Cabinet positions who lack the skill set and high-level connections needed to succeed. This makes those individuals more dependent on the leader and creates more space for the leader's powerful cronies to influence the institution to their own benefit."

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