Bureaucracy indeed Amanda. Excellent discussion, cheers. But Weber also predicted how the professionalization of governmental administration would turn into a curse in the hands of a tyrant. Sure the old notions of "neutral (apolitical) competence" and "public interest" may have fallen by the wayside, but what is really terrifying is what if we allow it to be weaponized as Trump wants. Even the oligarchs may have more than they bargained for at that point. Note:

https://medium.com/@daneke/democracy-redux-reflections-for-the-fourth-of-july-12c1afbab4cd