How to be an InformationWar Activist - Part Five: The American Deep State
In my last Information War post, Part Four, I concluded by makng a distinction between Informatin War as a concept, and "The Information War".
"The Information War". Let me clarify this meaning in that I think there is an active Information War going on between several groupings of corruptocrats and the interests of the average human being. The major campaign of "The Information War", IMHO, is being fought in the United States between a corruptocrat alliance of globalists/leftists and liberty minded citizens.
Exposing the Deep State
While you might want to think I'm mocking conspiracy thinking by using this cartoon, instead think of it as a funny view of how people attempt to explain things with incomplete information.
Luckily for us, the Deep State broke it's own cover as Trump ran for President, and then ran naked and screaming through the streets calling attention to itself after Trump was elected. Think of Dubya, who remained silent for eight years of Obama's open attacks on the Constitution, and yet, just now decided to run his blowhole questioning Trump's enforcement of codified law.
The "American" Deep State just moved itself from the area of an unknown allegation to a proven actor.
This was a serious Information War error on the part of the Deep State!
Previously, discussion of the Deep State has always been by people who were subject to propaganda attacks of being "conspiracy freaks". Now, the Deep State is being discussed as a reality even on some influential center-left forums:
Are Deep-State Leakers Defending Democracy or Corroding It?
Trump vs. the Deep State: This death match of American political power will forever change history
Roger Stone Versus the “Deep State”
Nothing undermines your own credibility as much as saying something like the following:
We KNOW we used to call you conspiracy nuts when you discussed the possibility of a Deep State interfering with the legitimacy of the Republic, but now that the Deep State is out in the open, you rubes just shut up and obey the superior wisdom of the Deep State in why that legitimacy doesn't matter
And of course, the exposure of the Deep State to the public creates backlash against the Deep State as illegitmate in nature.
Trump is showing how the Deep State really works
And we should not forget that there are members of the security community that recognize the danger of the Deep State as a threat to democracy itself
New FBI Docs Expose "Shadow Government" Protected Hillary In Email Investigation
One of the biggest advantages that the Deep State had (past tense) is that people did not know for sure that it existed! They themselves gave up that advantage to oppose the election of just one man. Now we know for sure, and we know that they are an enemy of the Constitution.
A tiny digression into the idea of autonomy in security operations in a representative government.
This is based on competing necessities, and is worth a post of it's own. For now, I summarize:
- Intelligence needs secrecy to function well
- Governments need transparency to be accountable to the public
- Security agencies need some autonomy to protect their mission against subversive public officials
Thee things do not balance easily, and the human tendency to be corrupt makes balancing them to protect liberty even harder. Mix these with theory such as growth complex, bureaucratic politics, and the possibility of kakistocracy, and the emergence of a Deep State becomes a constant, and likely, danger.
Beyond the Security Community
Although discussion of the Deep State is usually in context to the operations of security agencies, remember that entrenched corruption rings will cooperate to protect their own agendas. The Department of Justice failed to prosecute the known felonies of Hillary Clinton. Acting head of the DOJ Sally Yates failed to enforce immigration law.
If you look at how deeply the rot is set into to each feudal fief that our burrocratic agencies have become, you will see they all have the same goal...to maintain control.
These alliances go into education ( via the Department of Education and the ideological momentum of the Left to always move towards universal government control) and media. There is no need for the CIA to pay off every member of the press, when the DNC can tell a reporter what story to run with, and the reporter will do so out pf ideological loyalty.
Conclusion
The Deep State is now a known factor. The conspiracy "nuts" were right. The Deep State violates law and duty in order to protect the Deep State, not to protect America. The people that defend the Deep State after previously have denied it's existence have no credibility.
What YOU do with that information is up to you.
This series index:
So you want to be an InformationWar Activist? (Part One)
How to be an InformationWar Activist - Part Two, Morality
How to be an InformationWar Activist, Part Three: Is the Information War Winnable?
How to be an InformationWar Activist - Part Four: What the heck IS Information War?
Steemit writers contributing to understanding the Information War
@originalsimulant
@dragon40
@lifeworship
@shayne
@thedeplorable1
@phibetaiota - Information War, OSINT
@fortified
@dodecahydra
@krnel - Critical Thinking/Cognitive Bias
@richq11
@dwinblood - Critical Thinking
@rebelskum
If you'd like to be added to this list, just ask. I will not be vettting or endorsing this list, if your work can provide additional information on this subject, by all means, suggest yourself!
Other resources
- Some Resources for Studying Propaganda
- Index of Critical Thinking and Fighting the Information War
- Journal of Information Warfare
- INFORMATION WARFARE AND INFORMATION OPERATIONS (IW/IO): A BIBLIOGRAPHY
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"The people that defend the Deep State after previously have denied it's existence have no credibility.".
This accounts for every single person that I know offline, except for the people who live in double think, and continue to deny the deep state (previously, shadow government) exists, while, at the same time admitting that it does.
Delusional people are not to be trusted, with anything. It is unclear how to proceed without rubbing these idiots noses in the truth.
you can lead a jackass to water, but you can't make him think
Buried in all the background links are essays on why people don't change their minds; cognitive biases are strong..and they are the flip side of heuristics.
Here is the go-to link I use, though, in terms of politics:
Why People Are Irrational about Politics
I wonder if the jackasses would drink if I threw them in the water and then sat on their head.
Thanks for the link. This is more a manifestation of frustration than confusion. I understand the dynamics of denial, but facing the reality is infuriating sometimes, especially when our futures depend on the denial being resolved.
I think I have FINALLY moved past the anger stage in accepting that people are stupid.
I'm stupid on occasion. Weak and cowardly at times as well. Lack of controlling anger.
But every time you fail, you take a second or a day or whatever time you need to pick yourself up in, and you keep trying
and this is the reason to keep trying. Keep you chin up, by fighting we are proving that we are free!
Thanks for the encouragement.
I think the majority of the anger comes from continually having to toss people overboard when their denial becomes dangerous to me. Sometimes it happens to people who were previously awake. It's like the freaking body snatchers.
I do keep trying. That is what this foray into social media is about. I'm all out of allies and sounding boards in meatspace.
I'm glad we are having this discussion. Tomorrow's post is about the emotional costs of fighting the Infowar, including isolation and anger.
We have to gut it out. That danger is our worst danger to ourselves
I just told Rich we are gonna win. Focus on that through the anger ;>
I agree with you about what this guy is doing, but you're just making things worse calling him out. I feel like doing the same thing, but if you keep pissintg him off the worse it will get. Time to take a step back and focus on what this is all about. Like the saying goes: Keep your eye on the prize. You won't garner much sympathy calling him names. Everything will work itself out, just be patient and let the powers that be do their thing. You already have one whale on your side...You don't want to lose him or turn prospective help away!
Resharing @phibetaiota
Keep up the great work!
thank you!
Good stuff! Here's a couple more links to some posts I did about the Deep State.
https://steemit.com/politics/@richq11/follow-the-money-an-explanation-of-the-deep-state
https://steemit.com/society/@richq11/follow-the-money-deep-state-ii
Perfect, that will go into the next "InfoWar/FakeNews Compilation"!
We are gonna win, Rich, we just gotta keep banging away
You bet we are...I see you've been talking to @thelightreports. Neil is a great guy, I have a lot of respect for him!
Please help me out with him, he is hurting himself with the approach he is taking.
Well...No luck here either!
sorry to hear that. hopefully, he will get some sleep, or a break, and a chance to cool down.
oops, you answered here ;)
OK all fixed! Sorry I'm in the research mode and have a dozen or more things swimming around in my undersized brain!
LOL I know that feeling. I backed off talking to him atm, as he is not listening. I hope you have better effect! Thanks for helping!
Nice article, Gave me something to read while the AWS outage is causing so many internet sites to fail to load images. Also thanks for the mention. Resteemed.
That mention was the index thing I asked you about ;> These are the Steemit writers that are discussing the Information War and how to look at it. So the mention will be a repeat as I submit in that tag.
Glad you liked the article, and thanks for the resteem!