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"If we destroy the organization responsible for this thing I like, then only the bad parts of the organization will die and the thing I prefer will become better!"

No, if you destroy the flawed-but-sometimes-okay organization you just wind up with something worse. There is no magic save-the-thing-you-like fairy.

Large bureaucracies don't "learn their lesson" from being torn down.

Vote against increased taxes because the road department already has "such a large budget" and "maybe this will teach them to cut the administrative fat"? No, you'll just wind up with more potholes.

Vote for Donald Trump because you think the Federal Government is wasteful and the Democrats need to be taught a lesson? No, you'll just get billionaire tax cuts, erosion of civil liberties, and absolutely no behavior change from the people you wanted to "punish". Everything just gets worse.



And eventually, out of the blue sky, Kali will reach with her crimson palms.




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