The administrative state is the political elephant in the room

These moves towards public-private relationships have not been mapped out publicly, so very few people actually know the extent of this form of government.

Today, new power-grab doesn't need many people and executive authority (in many cases) to allow public-private relationships to extend the reach of the administrative state. Government has now spread well past its traditional realms of government through NGOs, and corporations.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Perhaps the most massive change factor to the administrative state is artificial intelligence. Initially used in the defence and intelligence industries, AI is a source of power. Not only can data be linked together, but interpreted without human effort and time. This is a new source of power for the administrative state, especially through public-private relationships.

Palantir software platforms came into their own through bureaucracy through the Covid-19 pandemic for tracing of Covid cases. The software suites are now used for numerous applications in government. Private strategic consultants can tap into these applications, and use data for planning, implementation, surveillance, and evaluation of policies. These applications are being rolled out into banking, communications, public online usage, public health, etc.

Costing employees' jobs

However, some administrative state employees are becoming the casualties of AI technologies. AI is doing away with many jobs, and requires a new class of specialist employee, who will remain within their specialities, rather than rise up any organizational hierarchies.

Such a radical change in bureaucratic organization creates two classes of employees. Those who carry out specialist functions, and those who command the system. Cohesive government corporate cultures that provide employees a sense of patriotism and sense of mission is rapidly going. Patriotism and a sense of duty to country is being destroyed by the implementation of DEI and ESG philosophies that been presented to supersede previous administrative cultural beliefs, values, norms, and actions.

The administrative state is very quickly becoming a set of organizations, with missions and objectives set by unknown people in and around the administrative state.

The nexus between government and the administrative state has now tipped towards the administrative state. There is in effect, two governments. Executive control of the administrative state is now the most important issue facing any new government, far in front of the economy and foreign relations.