Current Events > this is the current accepted definition of "deep state"

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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.

a hybrid association of government elements, i.e: department of government efficiency is backed by the united states presidency, the supreme court of the united states, portions of the senate and house

top-level industry and finance, i.e: the richest man in the world

effectively able to govern the united states without reference to the consent of the governed as expressed through the formal political process, i.e: taking control of government institutions with no due process

sounds an awful lot like elon musk is the deep state