The Deep State Hiding in Plain Sight

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Published 2014-04-15
Mike Lofgren, a congressional staff member for 28 years, joins Bill Moyers to talk about what he calls Washington's "Deep State," in which elected and unelected figures collude to protect and serve powerful vested interests. "It is how we had deregulation, financialization of the economy, the Wall Street bust, the erosion or our civil liberties and perpetual war," Lofgren tells Moyers.

All Comments (21)
  • @Dan-pd9ys
    Honestly frightening watching this 9 years later to see how much worse this has gotten and there are still so many that are not connecting those dots.
  • “It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.” ― Upton Sinclair
  • @_x__q
    Imagine this on PBS today.
  • @hizzilitis
    This has been the most clear, calm and slow discussion on American politics I have ever watched. This is a refreshing change to the fast paced discussion by Fox, CNN and the like. Cheers to Mr Moyers.
  • @djhouse72
    They forgot to include the media and corporations as part of the fascist state
  • @MYRRHfamily
    This kind of journalism doesn’t exist much these days. I love it
  • @sosa1445
    This goes deeper than anyone in our position will ever know. We're in trouble because it's all coming out nowadays.
  • @hakukuze7947
    So the powers to be and their dominions listened to this and realized if they place the blame elsewhere and make it a partisan thing, they can actually use it and twist it into a pretzel. Doesn’t matter what we do, since they do this for a living and the rest of us are trying to just live our lives, they get to always win. Moyers shows us how an interview is done, raises your IQ and Mr. Lofgren makes you ashamed of your own language skills and logic. What an amazing interview, wish there was more of this today to bring us more together with intelligence than hate
  • Wow it is 2020 and I don't see the country becoming more awake. They seem to be more asleep. It's been 6 years since this video.
  • I spout this stuff constantly but friends & family refuse to hear anything that isn't on the "news". They think they are getting paid leave for their own safety. And they think I'm crazy.
  • @TimothyMcPike
    “They tend to steer clear of social issues.” That quote hasn’t aged well 😏
  • @annaferg
    Wow! Who's listening today, April 25, 2020? This is very important and relevant nowadays.
  • @Ploskkky
    When they say: America, the land of the free, they do not mean the average American citizen.
  • @makalu69
    The older this video gets, the more it seems spot on.
  • @mateofamate1387
    "It's more ill-defined than simply saying Wall Street, or saying The Military-Industrial Complex, or saying Silicon Valley or the corporations, it's a symbiosis of all of the above." -Mike Lofgren
  • @poppylove3673
    This interview was 5 years ago! If the main stream media told these truths, more people would know what’s really been going on. Thankfully, people are trying to share the truth through independent social media sites online, like this.
  • @chemmii
    There are no "Honorable " men when it comes to money and greed.!!
  • @jomaw0875
    When I first watched this a year ago I understood very little of what he said. Now after seeking more understanding and by just living in these times it's like almost everything he's saying has been proven to be true.
  • @rezzer7918
    This, recorded in 2014, gives only a hint of how deep it must be in 2023 which, in a flash ⚡️ explains very nearly EVERYTHING