The cultural critic says the deep state is symptomatic of a neoliberal revolution, where misguided economics drive politics and the welfare state is gutted.

The historian says a neoliberal consensus defines American politics in the "Bill-W.-Obama era" with an emphasis on an expansive, militarized foreign policy.

The bond between the private security industry and the government is soldered by plutocracy, perpetual war, reduction of industrial capacity, US exceptionalism and political malfunction.

In this week's show, Mike Lofgren joins Bill to talk about the Deep State, a hybrid of corporate America and the national security state, which is "out of control" and "unconstrained."

In a must-read essay, the former GOP congressional analyst analyzes America's "Deep State," in which elected and unelected figures collude to serve powerful vested interests.

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