If not by design at least by default; reflexively if not intentionally, government operatives work to retain their positions and increase their sphere of influence. (Ilana Mercer)

If not by design at least by default; reflexively if not intentionally, government operatives work to retain their positions and increase their sphere of influence.

Ilana Mercer

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