In helping the arms industry to work with the Pentagon to work with the security agencies to work with the oil industry to work with the environmental agencies and so on, he encourages nationwide stability. If successful he will have indirectly eliminated interference from that rival system - citizen-based democracy - which technically maintains legal control over the constitutional structures of the Republic.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Collaboration between industries and state reduces democratic control.
- In plain terms
- Deep state cooperation sidelines citizen democracy.
- What can you take from it?
- Watch for unelected power overriding democratic processes.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Who influences policy behind closed doors?
- How can citizens regain control?
Another view
Some coordination is necessary for national security.
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