The Deep State

and Gramscian/Alinskyite Institutions
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Many call the idea that there's a Deep State a “conspiracy theory”. But is this automatically the case? Don't we need good reasons as to why it's so? Is the idea impossible in principle? And doesn't it all depend on precisely what's said about the Deep State?

For example, the notion of a Deep State can include a vast conspiracy behind closed doors. Alternatively (or perhaps in conjunction), it can simply be about (among other things) what I call Gramscian/Alinskyite institutions and the consequent conspiring which undoubtedly occurs when institutions (or their members) share a political ideology and/or political causes and goals.

It seems bizarre, anyway, that the idea of a “deep state” (or “shadow government”) is automatically deemed a conspiracy theory when (according to one definition, at least) all it means is that there are individuals and institutions, which are separate from -- and independent of -- the government; but which, nonetheless, have political power. However, the additional belief that such a state “is the real government” (or “really holds all the power”) is, I think, a little too extreme. Moreover, it's also over-the-top to believe that the actual government is a “puppet” (an Internet cliché) of the Deep State. Perhaps it's simply the case that the Deep State and the actual government share power in some -- or in many -- ways.

In the end, it depends entirely on what's said about the/a Deep State and who and what is supposed to constitute it. The claim that the Jesuits or the Vatican run the Deep State may be true or false. Alternatively, the idea that globalists and transnational corporations run the Deep State may make much more sense that claiming that alien lizards do. (Other contenders for the Deep State -- and the list is long -- include the World Bank, the Bilderberg Group, the Council on Foreign Relations, the Trilateral Commission, the CIA and MI6, the Illuminati, the writers of “The X-Files” and so on.)

The author further supports his hypothesis by discussing

• Trump and the Deep State
• The Term 'Deep State'
• What About Gramscian/Alinskyite Institutions?
  
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