powers that be

administration authority civil service management ministry red tape

directorate government officialdom officials

beadledom city hall regulatory commission the Establishment the system

authority bureaucracy

diehards

city hall established order old guard the system

proletariat

administration control law politics

authority bureaucracy command direction domination dominion empire execution executive guidance influence jurisdiction ministry patronage polity power

political practice predominanc

impotence incapacity opposition surrender weakness yielding

authority law ministry politics power regime rule state union

Washington bureaucracy command control direction domination dominion empire execution executive governance guidance influence jurisdiction patronage polity predominance presidency regency regimentation regulation restraint sovereignty statecraft superintendence superiority supervision supremacy sway

Uncle Sam political practice the feds

inferiority opposition powerlessness submission subservience weakness

anarchy chaos coup insurrection lawlessness mutiny revolt revolution

hierarchy ruling class

class structure corridors of power establishment interests managerial hierarchy power elite status system stratification

bureaucracy

authority bureaucratic paperwork city hall government management official forms official procedures officialdom officialism paper shuffling proper channels regulatory commission the Establishment the system