It's not incompetence & recklessness!
Shock & awe strategy goes back to nazi Germany. A tool not just used for military means, but also to remake society. Recall book & documentary "shock doctrine." Naomi Klein, the beautiful mind.
Government of the people for the people is the problem as Reagan state. Balance of branches of government broken on purpose (judiciary, legislative & executive). People's trust in democracy & each other broken. Divide & conquer. Now they fall for the oki doke, don't realize until it's too late that they got to unfuck themselves. But society never goes back to what it could have been because institutions irreparable.
Firing government employees is business strategy not just to cut cost, but to keep other employees destabilized & compliant.
Sad story...
Can those who supported Trump or refused to support Kamala recover from their stupidity? Can those who knew better forgive those who betrayed us and themselves?