@judgedread They probably can't though, they suffer from too much bureaucratic ataxia. They have too many true believers strewn throughout their management chain, like dead nerves interspersed throughout the muscle. Some won't contract at all, others will contract too much, so whatever delicate plans they put into place to purge the freak shows won't be effective once they put it into effect.
Worse still, all their "normal" people on the left are in their decline, at best you have libshit centrist-millennials in their late 30's who are poor enough to believe that gov work is an upgrade in life. The ones who still have that belief set have picked up other work to support themselves, and being hated by the leftist freak show - a group they firmly believe is "on the right side of history" will scare them off - their beliefs are luxuries, not deep-seated items of belief.