The Deep State

The Deep State exists. A powerful, secretive branch of the government is working to resist change and maintain the status quo. As long as they maintain control, meaningful progress will be disrupted and most likely blocked, and they will maintain that control at all costs. Problems that we have all come to accept as normal will persist unabated.

This may sound like a fantasy from a thriller, but I have seen the evidence. You have seen it, too, but you may not have known at the time what you were looking at. Don’t be surprised. The Deep State maintains its advantage by operating unnoticed in the shadows. This is their specialty.

For example, the next time you receive a bill in the mail, look at it closely. When you detach the payment coupon and put it into the return envelope with your check, notice how it doesn’t quite fit. It’s always slightly too large to fit into the envelope. You will not be able close the envelope without mangling it or the coupon.

You will be tempted to fold the coupon to make it slightly smaller so it will fit into the envelope. But when you try this, you’ll notice that the bottom of the return address no longer shows through the window. You will become frustrated and wonder what to do. You might consider using a different envelope, a plain one that you have stored in a closet somewhere. But in the end, you will do exactly what the Deep State wants you to do. You will waste several minutes figuring out a way to cram the check and the defective payment coupon into the envelope that was provided. This will upset you. For hours, you will focus your attention on how frustrating this supposedly simple task was instead of noticing what is really going on in the world around you, researching changes to the tax code, for instance, or to consumer service agreements that will cost you lots of money over the years.

This is how the Deep State operates. The improperly fitting payment coupon/envelope scam has been going on for decades. It could be fixed with simple coordination between the billing companies and the envelope manufacturers, yet no one ever does anything about it. Why not? Let me ask you this. Have you ever discussed the issue with an envelope engineer? Do you even know an envelope engineer? The Deep State keeps their identities hidden. If you met one, they would be too afraid to talk.

Have you ever contacted the billing company to complain that the envelopes are too small? They probably claimed that this is just the way that it is and that, unfortunately, it is outside of their control. That’s the official corporate line that the Deep State has programmed the workers to say. The moment that they go off script and speak out, they’re sacked.

So, what is the alternative? Online bill paying? Not if you value your privacy. Every transaction is analyzed and scrutinized as the Deep State builds a profile about your habits and behaviors. The more that they know about you, the easier you are to distract and control. Further, electronic transactions include hidden fees that are never disclosed. This is how the Deep State stays funded. 

So, I hate to break this to you, folks, but you’re going to have to keep shaving millimeters off of your payment coupons by folding them ever so accurately. And you’re going to have to keep licking envelopes and sticking them together with transparent table (a Deep State product) when those coupons still don’t fit properly. It’s either that, or sign yourself up for the Deep State’s Funding Customer Knowledge and Data Usage Mining Program (FuCK and DUMP) by paying your monthly bills with your phone or credit card. 

The bottom line is that the Deep State is in control, and they are not about to let go.

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