Support Loyalists to Block Extremes

When an administration advances ideologically extreme or technically illiterate orders, dissent from figures who are credibly loyal to that administration is disproportionately effective at stopping them. Those collaborators (trusted industry figures, long‑standing partisan experts) are a scarce governance resource whose availability shapes how bad policy gets checked. — Recognizing and preserving the role of 'inside' dissenters changes advocacy strategy: opponents should recruit and protect regime‑aligned experts rather than only mobilizing partisan outcry.