Comment by js8
1 day ago
I agree with parent, that's not how right-wing propaganda portrays the deep state. It's a strawman, of unaccountable government bureacrats. It excludes billionaires and dark money in politics (the real problem), they put themselves on the good side. (Remember DOGE?)
term predates that right-wing propaganda
Nevertheless the parent is correct: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_state#United_States
Your link refers to lots of different contexts,cherry picking one of them which you failed to cite to win your nit-picking argument is not productive, because it is just not agreeable.
Also, your link specifically starts with:
""a hybrid association of government elements and parts of top-level industry and finance that is effectively able to govern the United States without reference to the consent of the governed as expressed through the formal political process."
which exactly how this was defined by your opponent.