#+title: deep state

The term "deep state" refers to a concept of a "[[file:20200713095729-nation_state.org][state]] within a state." The idea
is that [[file:20200713095640-politics.org][politics]] doesn't work the way most people expect, with politicians
making policy and that all organs of the state are subservient to that. The deep
state is the idea that some part of the state, such as the military, or a
combination of the military and big business, essentially has unchecked
authority to do whatever it wishes.

I would argue that this is just the concept of a state, as the implication of
this term is that a state shouldn't behave in a clandestine manner, and that the
relationship between military and big business is /abnormal/ rather than normal.