Review of Mike Lofgren’s “The deep state”The point of the post is essentially, "follow the money."
What is not discussed is the role of the top level of the administrative bureaucracy in preserving domestic and foreign policy across administrations to ensure continuity.
In any case, the key players are what Ray McGovern calls the MICIMATT (Military-Industrial-Congressional-Intelligence-Media-Academia-Think-Tank complex) with the addition of Big Finance, Big Tech, Big Pharma, etc. This is the cohort that America is run for and that really runs America. It explains why nothing material changes regardless of who is elected, since it is not the elected government that actually rules.
In any case, the key players are what Ray McGovern calls the MICIMATT (Military-Industrial-Congressional-Intelligence-Media-Academia-Think-Tank complex) with the addition of Big Finance, Big Tech, Big Pharma, etc. This is the cohort that America is run for and that really runs America. It explains why nothing material changes regardless of who is elected, since it is not the elected government that actually rules.
This is façade democracy.
Global Inequality
The “deep state” as a tool for redistribution of income in favor of the rich
Branko Milanovic | Visiting Presidential Professor at City University of New York Graduate Center and senior scholar at the Stone Center on Socio-economic Inequality, senior scholar at the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS), and formerly lead economist in the World Bank's research department and senior associate at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Global Inequality
The “deep state” as a tool for redistribution of income in favor of the rich
Branko Milanovic | Visiting Presidential Professor at City University of New York Graduate Center and senior scholar at the Stone Center on Socio-economic Inequality, senior scholar at the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS), and formerly lead economist in the World Bank's research department and senior associate at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
https://branko2f7.substack.com/p/the-deep-state-as-a-tool-for-redistribution
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It explains why nothing material changes regardless of who is elected, since it is not the elected government that actually rules.
Reminded me of this:
The President in particular is very much a figurehead — he wields no real power whatsoever. He is apparently chosen by the government, but the qualities he is required to display are not those of leadership but those of finely judged outrage. For this reason the President is always a controversial choice, always an infuriating but fascinating character. His job is not to wield power but to draw attention away from it. — Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
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