Desperation, by Robert Gore
Since its ascension in the 1950s, the biggest threat to the Deep State has not been its many and manifest failures, but rather what the naive would regard as its biggest success: the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991. Much of the military-industrial complex was suddenly deprived of its reason for existence—the threat was gone. However, a more subtle point was lost.
The Soviet Union has been the largest of statism’s many failures to date. Because of the Deep State’s philosophical blinders, that outcome was generally unforeseen. The command and control philosophy at the heart of Soviet communism was merely a variant on the same philosophy espoused and practiced by the Deep State. Like the commissars, its members believe that “ordinary” people are unable to handle freedom, and that their generalized superiority entitles them to wield the coercive power of government.
The Soviet Union has been the largest of statism’s many failures to date. Because of the Deep State’s philosophical blinders, that outcome was generally unforeseen. The command and control philosophy at the heart of Soviet communism was merely a variant on the same philosophy espoused and practiced by the Deep State. Like the commissars, its members believe that “ordinary” people are unable to handle freedom, and that their generalized superiority entitles them to wield the coercive power of government.
The article claims that the CIA has made violent threats against every American president, making it know that they are more loyal to "the Deep State" than to the Constitution and the civilian leadership.
At the end is says computers make it easier for the average American to ask why we have all these wars and borrow all this money. The Deep State, the article says, supports these policies but is scared because it knows they don't hold up to citizens' scrutiny.
I have a radically different take. I see no Deep State threatening murder to keep bad policies going. Instead I see people voting for more borrowing for the same reason some people spend more than they make and the same reason some people like me eat more calories than they burn. There's no big conspiracy. People like to live beyond their means, so 46% of them are willing to vote for Donald Trump who promises more military adventures and massive borrowing. It's also the same reason the debt doubled during President Obama's terms. The Deep State didn't do it anymore than they made me go to Taco Bell.
Think I eat a can of peaches one time since that lady died.
I could not help but think how she died and noticed I was chewing very slowly and swallowing very carefully.
Creepy.
A honey crisp apple now that is delicious!
"Your honor, the house that dirty dino bought me made me fall down so I could not get up."
Also, she isn't as crazy like one of her sisters is.
I do love to read.
May the winds of fortune favor you as well.
I had custody of mine WAY back in 1976 ... so that should tell you what sort of mess I was facing.
Get along fine with #1 now and NEVER EVER have contact with #2 & #3. I think it likely #3 has died ... but I'm not checking.
I think the advice to skip the heartache is probably good ... just find a woman you don't like and buy her a house. ;-)
Might the Deep State have sought the dumbing down of the masses and all it's distractions as its very own fountain of youth only to find out the antidote was Conscious Man and his incessant need and talent to create value for self and others as a result.
Seems to me, right from the beginning, Mankind was far Superior to his rulers but just as then, today, many are just not aware of that. The answer, the antidote to the Deep States fountain of youth is Conscience, the mind and the will of those it insists upon ruling over.
what i forgot to add to where we are going is....
"Unless you know to which port you are sailing, no winds are favorable..."
may all your winds be tailwinds...
For me, divorce is good once the screwed over part fades into the past.
I paid all my child support but still there's that child connection even though all three are grown.
Now my ex owes me a couple of favors.
One favor was buying her a revolver for under $500 at the urging of a worried son we share.
She filed for bankruptcy and couldn't afford to buy one with a loose cannon boyfriend she had kicked out.
The creep was part of the reason she bankrupted but I won't go into all of that.
YES !!!!!!!!!!! BT
BTW, SLL ... nice essay. Thanks.
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