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I feel like I'm seeing this term "deep state" everywhere now, and I never saw it before two weeks ago. I feel like it's the newest political buzzword after "fa

• shard972 10y ago
  I believe snowden used it. That and shadow government but the media recently re-defined it to apply to Obama and his "community organising" that has been speculated he will do.
• patrickg_zill 10y ago
  It's been around for at least a few years. Check the editorials at oftwominds.com , among others.
• deleted 10y ago
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• Cacti 10y ago
  It's been around for decades, but it was always a term used by the left, similar to "fake news." One of Trumps more effective (and disturbing) tactics in the past year or two has been to co-opt this language and redefine it in basically opposite terms by simply repeating it ad nauseum. Now instead of having a debate about the allegations and evidence that people in this administration have broken numerous laws, we're discussing the _intentions_ of the "leakers" themselves, rather than the rather substantial amount of publicly sourced and substantiated evidence that suggests people have a right to be concerned. It's like getting caught stealing a piece of candy and blaming it all on your friend because they ratted you out.
• kneel 10y ago
  Fake news = propaganda Deep state = military-industrial complex