The Shadow Government and The Deep State

By

M. Richard Maxson

    This is the first in a series of articles that will examine what the “shadow government” and the “deep state” are, what people and which corporations fall within it, and how they gained so much control over the U.S. government and our society.

     Shadow government and deep state are both political terms. They are separate entities each with it's own agenda but intertwined within their goals. The terms are used to define the groups of people who actually control the U.S. government. Their political agenda and true motives are completely hidden from the public. These aren’t the people you see on mainstream media, nor are they the people you vote for - they’re the individuals who lurk in the shadows, which is precisely how they’re able to maintain control over the population, feeding us the illusion of democracy. It is corporate Socialism wrapped up in red, white, and blue. For many years we here at the American Constituionalist have been using the term “the men in the shadows,” to describe these entities.

      Now, we are not referring to the President or Congress or people within political parties that supposedly control the system, but the individuals and corporations, both inside and outside of the United States, that actually control the government and influence policies and decisions and decide what we all see and hear and believe.

      First let us define the “deep state.” What is it? When did it originate? The American industrial revolution, also referred to as the second industrial revolution, began in the mid 19^th century. This period saw the mechanization of agriculture and textile manufacturing and a revolution in power, including steam ships and railroads, that effected social, cultural and economic conditions that changed our world. It is a period in time that left a profound impact on how people lived and the way businesses operated. Industrial production increased tremendously, bringing wealth and power to a relative few at the expense of many.

     Since the Industrial Revolution was so new at the end of the 19th century, there were initially no laws to regulate new industries. For example, no laws prevented businesses from hiring seven-year-old children to work full time in coal mines or factories. No laws regulated what factories could do with their bio hazard waste. Free-market capitalism meant that the government had no role in regulating the new industries and those who were becoming very rich liked it that way. To keep it that way for maximize profit controlling the government was a priority. It was not done by them but rather by their proxies. They would remain in the shadows gaining great power while reaping their profits.

    Past leaders of our country have painted a dire picture of our democracy, saying that the U.S. is under the control of an “invisible government owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people” and this “invisible government is the true ruling power in our country.” They go on to explain, “it is a system which has conscripted vast human and material resources into the building of a tightly knit, highly efficient machine that combines military, diplomatic, intelligence, economic, scientific and political operations.” They “virtually run the United States government for their own selfish purposes. They practically control both parties.”

    Once in office, many of our Presidents spoke out of

this menace. “Behind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people. To destroy this invisible government, to befoul the unholy alliance between corrupt business and corrupt politics is the first task of the statesmanship of the day.” 

- Theodore Roosevelt, 26^th President - 1913

  

   "Since I entered politics, I have chiefly had men’s views confided to me privately. They know that there is a power somewhere so organized, so subtle, so watchful, so interlocked, so complete, so pervasive, that they had better not speak above their breath when they speak in condemnation of it. A great industrial nation is controlled .... all our activities are in the hands of a few men… we have come to be one of the worst ruled, one of the most completely controlled and dominated, governments in the civilized world—no longer a government by free opinion, no longer a government by conviction and the vote of the majority, but a government of small groups of dominant men.” 

- Woodrow Wilson, 28th President of the United States – 1913

      "The real menace of our Republic is the invisible

government, which like a giant octopus sprawls its slimy legs over our cities, states and nation… The little coterie of powerful international bankers virtually run the United States government for their own selfish purposes. They practically control both parties, … and control the majority of the newspapers and magazines in this country. They use the columns of these papers to club into submission or drive out of office public officials who refuse to do the bidding of the powerful corrupt cliques which compose the invisible government. It operates under cover of a self-created screen [and] seizes our executive officers, legislative bodies, schools, courts, newspapers and every agency created for the public protection.” 

– New York City Mayor John F. Hylan, New York Times, March 26, 1922

     "....the people of the United States did not perceive that a world system was being set up here… and that this country was to supply financial power to an international superstate — a superstate controlled by international bankers and international industrialists acting together to enslave the world for their own pleasure.”

 – Congressman Louis T. McFadden, from a speech delivered to the House of Representatives on June 10, 1932

     "Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of

society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country… We are governed, our minds are molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of.” 

– Edward Bernays (“the father of public relations”), Propaganda, 1928

 

     This “deep state” has one goal – profit. The advent of WWI and it's effect on industry and the massive profits to be made producing war materials was the next stage in the evolution of the elite. The war only enhanced their grip on the country becoming stronger than they had ever been.

Next week: The Evolution of the Shadow Government.