"Deep State" is another name for bureaucracy. Bureaucracy is a state within a state and its main purpose is to protect itself.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VveTsyjFlNA

Well, the existence of 'unelected powers which threaten to become more powerful than democratic leaders,' which aare tied to the military and intelligence arms of the US gov, has been "unironically" referenced to by Eisenhower, JFK, Sanders, Chomsky, Snowden and Greenwald, among others. Call it a Military Industrial Complex, Deep State, or just three letter agencies.

It sounds like you have a more inside look at things than these folks do, though?

The West's media cartels are its kingmakers.

"In 1983, 90% of US media was controlled by 50 companies; as of 2011, 90% was controlled by just 6 companies"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concentration_of_media_ownersh...

>you're willing to swallow the notion that the United States has a "deep state" unironically?

Eisenhower was clearly tripping balls when he warned about the disastrous rise of misplaced power of the military-industrial complex.