Good read if you have time.

DOGE is waging a class war on America’s new clerisy

"....... Given these attitudes, it’s not surprising that large sectors of the private-sector economy are fed up with the clerisy’s accretion of wealth and power. People who work with their hands and small business owners tend to be on the receiving end of the bureaucracy’s sometimes draconian regulations. These groups support the GOP by wide margins. Few environmental activists, librarians or medical professionals (outside surgeons) are Republicans, while oil drillers, truck drivers and small-business owners lean heavily towards the right.

The battle over DOGE is really about how much power and money the government class should have, and in whose interests it should operate. Historically, the US favours the private sector, notwithstanding its abuses and the need to rein in its excesses. The effort of the Trumpistas to cut away at the clerisy is a clear effort to shift back to a more traditional US model, although some Republicans will want to shun the knife if it affects their districts.  ...."

https://www.spiked-online.com/2025/02/27/doge-is-waging-a-class-war-on-americas-new-clerisy/