American Exception: Empire and the Deep State Good Aaron
American Exception: Empire and the Deep State Good Aaron American Exception seeks to explain the breakdown of US democracy. To trace the evolution of the American state, the author takes a deep…
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American Exception: Empire and the Deep State Good Aaron
American Exception seeks to explain the breakdown of US democracy. To trace the evolution of the American state, the author takes a deep politics approach, shedding light on those political practices that are typically repressed in "mainstream" discourse.In its long history before World War II, the US had a deep political system--a system of governance in which decision-making and enforcement were carried out within--and outside of--public institutions. In particular, how we can understand the uncanny continuity of American foreign policy, the breakdown of the rule of law, and the extreme concentration of wealth and power into an overworld of the corporate rich.
After World War II, US elites decided to pursue global dominance over the international capitalist system. It was a system that always included some degree of secretive collusion and law-breaking. Setting aside the