103 sats \ 4 replies \ @kilianbuhn 21 Jul \ parent \ on: Joe Biden withdraws his nomination for the 2024 presidential election. news
I think it's naive to have this childish worldview where there is always something "above" in control.
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24 sats \ 2 replies \ @freetx 21 Jul
The "deep state" is just the permanent bureaucracy.
The US federal govt has about 3 million employees. Those employees are careerist and they survive from administration to administration.
No matter what the "president" or "congress" says, nothing gets done without their buy-in.
This is not a childish view.
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45 sats \ 1 reply \ @Bell_curve 22 Jul
Is he confusing Illuminati with deep state?
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14 sats \ 0 replies \ @freetx 22 Jul
Thats how I read it.
Normally this permanent bureaucracy has its own infighting and is not aligned on every issue. The rise of Donald Trump prompted a rare alignment of all the factions primarily because he was an outsider who was free from their control.
This alignment made them visible.
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 21 Jul
Under the hood not above
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