Nonilex<p>Steve Bannon prefers to talk about the “deconstruction of the administrative state,” but that amounts to the same thing.</p><p>These ideas are not original to Vance or Bannon: In the 21st century, elected leaders such as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HugoCh%C3%A1vez" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HugoChávez</span></a> or <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ViktorOrb%C3%A1n" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ViktorOrbán</span></a> have also used their democratic mandates for the same purpose. Chávez fired 19k employees of the state oil company; Orbán dismantled <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LaborProtections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LaborProtections</span></a> for the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivilService</span></a>.</p>