'Politics is downstream of culture', which means if you control the commanding heights of culture - academia, the media, entertainment, the public sector, non-government organisations - you have enormous power beyond the ballot box.

https://www.apsc.gov.au/circulars-guidance-and-advice/circular-20225-amendment-public-sector-workplace-relations-policy-2020-public-holidays-enterprise-agreements

https://the-riotact.com/government-to-force-all-aps-staff-to-take-national-holidays-on-observed-days/551393