Mystery AtlasDeep State Conspiracy Claim
The populist claim, prominent in US political discourse since the mid-2010s, that an organised cabal of unelected officials secretly coordinates to undermine or control elected government regardless of the electorate's choices; it has not produced verifiable evidence of coordinated action beyond ordinary bureaucratic behaviour.
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Theories & Explanations
Deep State Conspiracy Claim contradicts Deep State Bureaucratic Continuity Explanation.
Concepts & Beliefs
Deep State Conspiracy Claim is an instance of Conspiracy Theory — The claim of a coordinated secret cabal controlling government is inseparable from the general conspiracy-theory structure of belief.
Deep State Conspiracy Claim attempts to explain Deep State.
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What Is the Deep State?
What the deep state is: the academic term for persistent state bureaucracies, and the separate populist claim of a secret cabal controlling government.
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What psychological research says about why people believe conspiracy theories: the needs belief serves, the biases involved, and what the evidence shows.