# Is there a deep state or cabal \[spelling corrected\] that is controlling the government?

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [March 21, 2021, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-deep-state-or-cabal-spelling-corrected-that-is-controlling-the-government/938336 "2021-03-21T02:38:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2021, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-deep-state-or-cabal-spelling-corrected-that-is-controlling-the-government/938336/141 "2021-04-07T13:54:55Z")

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> [@Czarcasm](#):
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> > [@Jillwood77](#):
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> > Well I don’t have the time to read all the replies here.
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> Do you have time to respond directly to any of them, instead of piling on even more factish statements on top of the ones already posted?

She/it has Better Things To Do.

The idea of getting a three-year warranty when you convert to a new religion does have a certain appeal, though.

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**Author:** ![Red\_Wiggler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/red_wiggler/32/13190_2.png) [@Red\_Wiggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Wiggler)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2021, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-deep-state-or-cabal-spelling-corrected-that-is-controlling-the-government/938336/142 "2021-04-07T14:47:24Z")

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> [@Cervaise](#):
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> Except that the electric blankets launched on Christmas morning don’t boil their Volvos all the way through the goalposts. It’s be much better if Madonna drowned the bricklayer’s paintbrush in purple goat knuckles.

This is an amazing answer and I love it very much.

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**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2021, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-deep-state-or-cabal-spelling-corrected-that-is-controlling-the-government/938336/143 "2021-04-07T15:21:48Z")

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But it’s nonsense. The giraffe in the bathtub can’t replicate multiple offset liberators. Spoon.

More seriously, OP, read the responses and try to understand them. If you don’t understand, ask specific questions. You just seem to be having a conversation between you and random snippets on the Interwebs that we can’t see.

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**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2021, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-deep-state-or-cabal-spelling-corrected-that-is-controlling-the-government/938336/144 "2021-04-07T16:11:17Z")

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Modding:  
I don’t see this thread advancing in any way.

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**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2021, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-deep-state-or-cabal-spelling-corrected-that-is-controlling-the-government/938336/145 "2021-04-07T16:11:32Z")

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