Who is the Deep State, the oligarch who are paying for Supreme Court justices?
Can you explain?
What “failed” regarding the COVID vaccine?
Can you explain?
The best explanation for how we landed in this state is that Americans are in love with stuff & delusional thinking - Hollywood dazzle and Wall Street gangster tough guy airs and profiteering is where it’s at. Striving for the most, with the least effort, is where it’s at. Disregard for others, is where it’s at. Refusal to soberly consider scientific reality, down to Earth facts. Hell, it’s worse, trying to teach sober scientific facts is considered a personal attack. Proudly insisting that your own self interests are the most important thing in the world.
Then that trump sprinkling his magical spells of hatred and destructive thinking, and just plain old stupid on top of stupid - simply poured gas on the fire. Don’t blame our institutes or the bureaucrats that are doing their job - blame ourselves.
We’ve done this to ourselves.
Pinker’s cherry picking and blind eye are wonderful examples of our delusional thinking writ large and I don’t think he’s part of the deep state.