Mike Benz Breaks Down How the American Government's "Deep State" was Created & Functions (Part 9)

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Mike Benz explains the origins and inner workings of the American government’s so-called “Deep State,” describing it as a three-layered “blob” that blends diplomacy, intelligence, military, and development agencies into a permanent bureaucracy. The core institutions were established from the country’s founding and evolved alongside America’s rise as a global empire. After World War II and the Cold War, covert political influence replaced overt military occupation, with the CIA becoming the covert arm of the State Department, and USAID providing financial influence abroad.

Benz highlights how these agencies coordinate covert operations, psychological warfare, and “hearts and minds” campaigns globally, with blurred lines between defense, diplomacy, and development. He also notes that these roles are interchangeable among leaders, creating a unified “blob” resistant to presidential control and heavily influenced by entrenched career bureaucrats and corporate interests.