The deep state

People seem to complain this all the time. About how our rights are being trampled by large scale government conspiracies. 

And the thing is that they're right, but they're looking in the wrong place. It's a small group of people who influence in ways you might not expect. 

In history, you had the "daughters of liberty" who were women from the defeated south, that managed to influence politicians after the civil war to somewhat re-write (or whitewash) history. In a way, they are why we're still struggling to teach about slavery and you still hear terms used that make this sound less awful, and why there were confederate monuments in place at all. 

More recently, in Florida, you have one woman who is primarily responsible for ensuring gun legislation is the way SHE wants it. 

And then you have the wife of Supreme Court Justice Thomas, who heavily influences the court, on what they hear, and helps to frame some of the cases that are causes she feels strongly about. 

She was involved in the insurrection. Full stop. Yet her husband does not recuse himself from any such cases. And they will hear any/every case related to January 6, in an effort to rule that there was "nothing to see here"…

So if you want to see this deep state, look to the individuals and small groups who influence the policy makers and judiciary who make things happen.