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Ep. 864: The Deep State, Flow State and Animal Weapons with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio

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The Rise of the Military Industrial Complex

The "deep state" is not a conspiracy theory, says Julian Zelizer. It's just people following what they perceive as their own interest and rationalizing it as the national interest," he says. The structures grew during the Cold War to the point where Eisenhower warned us about the rise of disastrously misplaced power known as the military industrial complex. Since 9-11 I think we built the equivalent of seven Pentagon's in terms of square footage for national security purposes, whether it be the Pentagon, NSA, Homeland Security, etc., CIA, since 9-11.

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