The deep state doesn’t exist, its a nice boogeyman for the right to blame their shitty governance on so they can distract with culture war issues as they erode our democratic institutions and our checks and balances.
Super PACs, think tanks, lobbying groups, billionaire welfare queens like Elon Musk, corporate media entities owned by billionaires like Murdoch and Bezos.
These are the unelected people who wield true power in Washington, not some underling at the Pentagon.
There’s literally no such thing. It’s a conspiracy theory made up by people that don’t like the idea of how chaotic the world really is and how little power really is centralized to any one person in our government.
If a person accepts reality, it results in a call to action to change things, and people don’t like that. It’s easier just to blame this mysterious deep state for all of our problems.
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Most or at least many are against it. But who/what do you consider to be the main components.
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The deep state doesn’t exist, its a nice boogeyman for the right to blame their shitty governance on so they can distract with culture war issues as they erode our democratic institutions and our checks and balances.
Super PACs, think tanks, lobbying groups, billionaire welfare queens like Elon Musk, corporate media entities owned by billionaires like Murdoch and Bezos.
These are the unelected people who wield true power in Washington, not some underling at the Pentagon.
A fantasy that conservatives invoke anytime they fuckup and want someone to blame other than their total incompetence.
There’s literally no such thing. It’s a conspiracy theory made up by people that don’t like the idea of how chaotic the world really is and how little power really is centralized to any one person in our government.
If a person accepts reality, it results in a call to action to change things, and people don’t like that. It’s easier just to blame this mysterious deep state for all of our problems.