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Not that I don't enjoy a good takedown video, but it's just so incredibly obvious

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[–] [email protected] 43 points 2 months ago (4 children)

He's not exactly employed by the state, but by the establishment controlling the state. Subtle but important difference.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah I just didn't want to write something like "the deep state" because it would summon an infinite number of smuglord lemmitor

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

And not to attack you, but ya "the deep state" can be a dog-whistle for antisemitism.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

yeah that too was a reason, no attack perceived

[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I don't see a meaningful difference between the two. Much like I don't see how "thinktanks" that provide policy to the state are not part of the state itself. It's effectively the privatisation of branches of state. They're still the state, just under absolute complete and total capital-control with absolutely zero potential for "democratic" machinations to affect them.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago

Isn't that the state though? The state is the avatar, the apparatus, the tool and apparatus of the dominant political class of a given polity. It doesn't necessarily need to be a government position, agency, or NGO/NPO connected thereof.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago

you're not allowed on HBO unless you tow the line