> I realize the decision makers probably don’t even know it’s there
Assuming incompetence gives the administration a cover to get away with anything. I'm not quite sure they're as stupid as they all act. Someone is surely using the facade of incompetence to rot things from the inside out.
The term for this is weaponised incompetence.
I read a comment on Reddit that changed my perspective on 90% of recent political commentary:
“Y'all are mad about the dog whistle but you forgot about the dog”