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Many conservatives are exuberant that Donald Trump has won another term in the White House. And from a conservative perspective, there are undoubtedly reasons to celebrate Trump\u2019s return to power, especially when compared with the Kamala Harris alternative: the abrupt termination of the US government\u2019s profoundly discriminatory \u201cDiversity, Equity, and Inclusion\u201d programmes; a commitment to end government-sponsored censorship of Americans\u2019 speech; a promise to cut government spending; the much-needed shake-up of the US\u2019s pharmaceutical, health, and food regulatory establishment; and withdrawal from a WHO compromised by glaring conflicts of interest such as support from Pharma investors like Bill Gates. Among the tools likely to be used to achieve these goals are executive orders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You do not need to be a front-row MAGA fan to be happy about these sorts of changes or see that they are far more sensible than what Kamala Harris was offering to the American people. However, I have the sense that some people are so caught up in the excitement of the moment that they are losing sight of the bigger picture.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The bigger picture is this: The United States is an increasingly polarised society, divided between people who identify as \u201cprogressives\u201d and\/or Democrats, and people who identify as \u201cconservatives\u201d or libertarians and\/or Republicans. This polarisation has translated into a divisive and acrimonious competition for federal power, that reaches its climax when both sides vie for the presidential office every four years. Executive orders play a significant role in such competitions.\u00a0<\/p>

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Federal power, whether over public finance and spending, the monetary system, the healthcare system, education, banking, commerce, or public health and hygiene, has grown to such an extent that people\u2019s everyday lives are at the mercy of the person who ends up in the White House or the makeup of the US Supreme Court. This puts people\u2019s freedom and prosperity on a very precarious footing indeed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yet this has come to be widely accepted as the norm. And implicitly, it has come to be embraced by those who treat the president as a sort of messianic figure, who will either protect the \u201clittle American\u201d against Big Money, or \u201cmake America great again,\u201d and fight an epic, batman-like battle against the allies of Big Pharma, Big Bureaucracy, and Big Taxes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don\u2019t get me wrong. If you live in a centralised political system, it is rational to want the best candidate, or the least damaging candidate, to get into the White House. And you might be right in wanting a big shakeup of a corrupt oligarchic system, even if it takes a bit of a \u201cBatman\u201d figure to pull it off. If I was Argentinian, for example, I would be happy that a country crippled by debt and cronyism was being shaken up by a powerful figure like Milei.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One might wistfully hope that the rise of a Trump or Milei to power would somehow spark far-reaching reforms that ultimately returned power to the people. But that does not seem at all likely, given that the path to political reform in both cases is not grassroots change, but\u00a0sweeping uses of executive power<\/em>. Executive orders can indeed be a double-edged sword.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If anything, there is a strong possibility that both Milei and Trump will further strengthen the executive office and make the national government even more powerful than before by showing the world how it can be effectively leveraged by a powerful president.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s assume, for the sake of argument, that the man currently occupying the White House is a sensible, wise man who can restore \u201ccommon sense\u201d in the national government and introduce policies that favour freedom and economic growth, without allowing the national government to become too intrusive or domineering. Even assuming that this is the case, this individual will not occupy the White House forever.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The chances are, especially in a politically and culturally polarised country like the United States, that a very different candidate will come along, in four, eight, or twelve years, and win enough votes to get into office and reverse his or her predecessor\u2019s reforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example, if an executive order can undo DEI policies, stop government collusion with Big Tech censorship, or weaken the hold of Big Pharma over the healthcare complex, then a\u00a0future<\/em>\u00a0executive order can\u00a0reinstate<\/em>\u00a0DEI policies,\u00a0restore\u00a0government-sponsored censorship of \u201cmisinformation,\u201d and put Big Pharma and Big Food cronies in charge of the national food, drug, and healthcare regulatory apparatus. This ebb and flow of policies showcases the impact and instability of executive orders.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This means that political reform, however dramatic and exciting to behold, is inherently unstable in a centralised system with a strong executive office, particularly in a society that is deeply divided over the proper ends of the national government and over the values that represent the country at its best.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So those who care about the long-term health and stability of the United States should favour more far-reaching\u00a0structural<\/em>\u00a0reforms, that weaken both Congress and the presidential office, and return power to the State and local levels of government. This way, many highly divisive political disputes can be removed from the national stage and returned to the State and local levels, where different solutions can be developed that are tailored to local needs and local sensibilities. If people don\u2019t like the results, they can \u201cvote with their feet,\u201d and seek out a State more to their liking. Limiting the power of executive orders could be a significant step in this direction.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Republished from the author\u2019s\u00a0Substack<\/a><\/p>\n\n \n <\/div>\r\n
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