Again, if I were to start transcribing the important parts, I would literally have to transcribe all the videos in their entirety. They are some of the best sources of information I know that can help people understand the truth about the world. I agree with 95-99% of what he is saying; the videos are full of details, and even if you already know about certain events, he provides extra insights about them. I really cannot recommend them enough.
By the way, I love his description of “McJihad.” As I mentioned before, he acknowledges that the U.S. is behind much of the Islamic terrorism, including groups like Al-Qaeda and ISIS. There are even documents about “Timber Sycamore,” the largest CIA program in history, supporting so-called “moderate rebels,” which I refer to as a rebranded Al-Qaeda. He calls this “McJihad.” The U.S. was involved in these actions even before Syria, but in Syria, we got official proof of it.
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”American “exception”—instead of “exceptionalism”—refers to the exception to the rule of law. This means the regime itself decides when the law is to be overridden, and it does so. This is a routine part of our regime, which we are not able to discuss openly in history classes or political discussions. That’s what I call the American “exception.” “Exceptionism” is the institutionalization of the abrogation of the rule of law—a permanent kind of overriding of the law by the state, the Empire, and the Deep State.
The “Empire” part of it obviously references the U.S. desire to dominate the globe, but the “Deep State” part refers to what I call the “tripartite state.” We don’t just have our American federal government; it’s really a tripartite structure. First, you have the public state, which is Congress, the president, and all those institutions we learn about in school. Then, you have the National Security State, which includes the Pentagon hierarchies, bureaucracies, intelligence agencies, the National Security Agency, the FBI, Homeland Security, and others. These entities have state secrecy, a very hierarchical structure, and are not really dependent on elections for much of their personnel.
Lastly, we have a third part: the Deep State, which could be seen as a shorthand for oligarchy, Empire, fascism, or capitalism. Essentially, it’s all these top-down forces that override democracy and the wishes of the people, again and again. This dates back to America’s founding; it was always an oligarchy of property. There is no king or queen—America is a business enterprise. It started with the Virginia Company and the Massachusetts Bay Company—corporations that laid the foundations of American colonialism. These entities wiped out indigenous people, expanded from sea to shining sea, and made money all along the way.
After the Civil War, when the frontier closed, some people thought it was time to create a more prosperous society that was integrated and self-sustaining, given the resources, manpower, and brainpower available. However, others wanted imperialism, fearing that without a frontier or empire, there would be a move towards “creeping socialism.” As a result, they expanded from sea to shining sea, and by the early 20th century, the U.S. engaged in imperialist wars like World War I and World War II. By the end of World War II, the U.S. was triumphant and the most powerful country in history, with the majority of the world’s manufacturing capacity, gold, and resources. It was the only major power not damaged by the war—except for Hawaii, which is a contested part of the U.S.
With all this power, perhaps it was inevitable that the U.S. would use it to pursue empire. Wall Street oligarchs decided during World War II that they would emerge victorious and needed to ensure the U.S. would run the world on behalf of “free enterprise”—a euphemism for capitalism and corporate power. They aimed for corporate power to rule the world afterward.
The democracy aspect of the U.S. has always been contested. There are democratic elements in American society, and there has been progress in this regard, but these posed problems for those running the Empire. Social movements and leaders like the Kennedy brothers, Martin Luther King Jr., and Malcolm X could not be accommodated by the oligarchy and Empire, so they had to be eliminated. This led to a more corporate-controlled society. A key turning point was the election of Ronald Reagan. With Reagan, the forces behind the 1960s assassinations, the Vietnam War, the creation of the CIA, and perhaps even the removal of Richard Nixon, had triumphed. They consolidated their power with a mature Deep State as part of the U.S. regime. Reagan’s election signified the victory of these forces, and we have been living under this Reagan-esque revolution ever since—an America that must rule the world, be number one, with Corporate America in charge.
This is the story I try to tell in my dissertation and the better-updated version, which was published by Skyhorse, titled American Exception: Empire and the Deep State.”