Summary of Mike Lofgren's The Deep State

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#1 The city of Washington, D. C. , is an imperial city. It produces laws, Supreme Court decisions, regulations in the Federal Register, circulars from the Office of Management and Budget, a trillion dollars of contracts a year, and gossip.

#2 While Washington was becoming more and more diverse, it was still largely a southern city, and its powerful committee chairman were mostly geriatric southern Dixiecrats.

#3 In 1971, Washington acquired the Kennedy Center, a performing arts center, and the Watergate complex, which was significant not only for its size but also for its political symbolism. The city began to shed its southern, small-city provincialism and became more definable as a burgeoning metropolis producing politics as blood sport and a governing elite intent on conducting perpetual and lucrative wars.

#4 The town of Washington was changing, and not just because of the government. It was becoming a center of contractors, lobbyists, media organizations, and think tanks that fed off the government.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: May 12, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822514782

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Insights on Mike Lofgren's The Deep State

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 13

Insights from Chapter 14

Insights from Chapter 15

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The city of Washington, D. C. , is an imperial city. It produces laws, Supreme Court decisions, regulations in the Federal Register, circulars from the Office of Management and Budget, a trillion dollars of contracts a year, and gossip.

#2

While Washington was becoming more and more diverse, it was still largely a southern city, and its powerful committee chairman were mostly geriatric southern Dixiecrats.

#3

In 1971, Washington acquired the Kennedy Center, a performing arts center, and the Watergate complex, which was significant not only for its size but also for its political symbolism. The city began to shed its southern, small-city provincialism and became more definable as a burgeoning metropolis producing politics as blood sport and a governing elite intent on conducting perpetual and lucrative wars.

#4

The town of Washington was changing, and not just because of the government. It was becoming a center of contractors, lobbyists, media organizations, and think tanks that fed off the government.

#5

There was a time when the Eastern Establishment had a dominant liberal elite, but that has all changed. Now, the new elite is made up of Republican officeholders, consultants, lobbyists, lawyers, fund-raisers, and pollsters.

#6

There are a number of suburbs around Washington that are home to political operatives, lobbyists, and contractors who do well by doing good for their clients and shareholders.

#7

The neighborhood where I live is typical of the economics of Washington, as it is largely dependent on government spending. It is also home to many retired military personnel, who make up a large percentage of the population.

#8

Within a week of my arrival in Washington in 1983, I was informed that Democrats live in Maryland and Republicans live in Virginia. The reality today is a bit more complex, but it remains broadly true that Americans are sorting themselves into homogeneous communities based on their political beliefs.

#9

Beltwayland is the result of being the only remaining superpower capital. It is a dead boring town, with too much work to do. The mania for the 7 A. M. or 8 A. staff meeting exists because of