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I get the desire to punish everybody associated with Trump but "a bunch of people who've been running the country for 4 years and have a bunch of political supporters and cash being angry and bored" is perhaps not actually the ideal outcome.
One of the issues to reckon with is that Reconstruction didn't go far enough, but attempts at strict Denazifiction were widely regarded as mistakes. De-Baathification has been seen as a catastrophe for IRaq.
I'm not sure what defines the differences. But study of authoritarian regimes most definitely does *not* support the idea that you should always purge as much as possible!
"I never want anybody who worked for Trump to ever get a non-political job!"
does not keep them out of power
it means they can ***only get political jobs***
which means they will commit to politics *even more*
does not keep them out of power
it means they can ***only get political jobs***
which means they will commit to politics *even more*
Nobody has to hire the random person who worked as the liaison between Department of the Interior and the White House. But acting like that person is a Nazi is 1) not true and 2) *guarantees* their next job will be in politics.
You want to figure out if any of those Nazis are really good at building rockets and make them build rockets for you.
Otherwise they will build rockets for someone else. Or, worse, run for office.
Otherwise they will build rockets for someone else. Or, worse, run for office.
This is even more true if, as in the US case, nobody is gonna get executed. No matter what happens, everybody is gonna be back free and clear and participating in the same political process together in a few years time.
