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The irony (which is not incidental) is that there was no deep state, but one is being installed before our eyes.
by redeux 2y ago
The irony (which is not incidental) is that there was no deep state, but one is being installed before our eyes.
- ttyprintk 2y agoThe Deep State has such formidable opsec that they simultaneously are everywhere and nowhere. The Deep State has persisted in such a dangerous world, yet the current administration has defied learning their methods. Although the evidence of absence is mounting, the Paul Weiss deal is the clearest association of Deep State I’ve seen: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-is-not-dictating-legal-work-paul-weiss-deal-chairman-says-2025-03-23/ https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-is-not-dictating-lega... There’s almost an indulgent irony if Paul Weiss is forced by the President to represent Big Balls.
- redeux 2y agoPoe’s Law[0] prevents me from knowing if this is a serious statement. [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law
- ttyprintk 2y agoYeah, sorry that’s muddled thinking. I was agreeing with you and trying to use their hyperbolic bases to make the point that a series of disconnected phenomena have justified the President targeting individual law firms.
- tim333 2y agoI first heard the term "deep state" when Erdogan started going on about it. It seems to equate to government employees loyal to their country rather than the autocrat of the moment. So it only really comes to be a thing with iffy autocrats. Before that the people are just loyal patriotic types.