Dan J. Harkey

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The Deep State and America’s Decline: The Real Enemy from Within

For over a century, Americans have been conditioned to fear foreign adversaries—China, Russia, Iran—while ignoring the most dangerous threat of all: the enemy within. This internal menace, often referred to as the Deep State, is not a conspiracy theory but a systemic reality. It consists of entrenched bureaucrats, political operatives, and enforcers who manipulate laws, policies, and public perception to maintain power and expand the American Empire.

by Dan J. Harkey

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Clarify that the Deep State is a systemic, hidden network operating behind government scenes, shaping policies and maintaining control.

The Deep State Apparatus is the invisible machinery behind government operations.

It includes:

  • Career bureaucrats who never face elections.
  • Political pawns who serve elite interests.
  • Agencies that enforce arbitrary laws and regulations to consolidate control.

This network thrives on secrecy, coercion, and propaganda, ensuring that citizens remain compliant while the state grows unchecked.

The Empire’s Expansion and Its Consequences

The underpinning of this rogue state is the relentless expansion of the American Empire.  Through military aggression and false flag operations, the U.S. has waged wars for profit, slaughtering millions under the guise of freedom and security.  From World War I to the War on Terror, these conflicts have enriched defense contractors and global financiers while draining the lifeblood of ordinary Americans.

A Century of Manufactured Crises

Over the past 100 years, Americans have endured:

  • Income tax and central banking tyranny (Federal Reserve Act, 1913).
  • State-created economic disasters like the Great Depression.
  • Endless wars: WWII, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Gulf War.
  • False flag events: 9/11 and the ensuing War on Terror.
  • Economic chaos: housing crash, bank bailouts.
  • Medical tyranny: the COVID lockdowns and forced injections.
  • Surveillance state: Patriot Act, blanket monitoring.
  • Globalist agendas: digital IDs, centralized control.

Each crisis served as a stepping stone to greater government power, while citizens—treated as cattle—accepted their fate.

The Real Threat

Stress that the internal apparatus of control, not foreign powers, is the actual threat eroding our liberty and must be confronted.

The Road Ahead

If America does not change course, the empire will collapse under its own weight—just as all empires before it have fallen.  The question is whether citizens will awaken before History repeats itself.

Call to Reflection

Ask if we are ready to dismantle the machinery of tyranny within, recognizing that systemic reform is essential to preserve liberty.

Historical Examples of Deep State Actions

The Deep State’s influence is not a modern phenomenon—it has shaped U.S. policy for over a century.

Here are key examples:

·       Creation of the Federal Reserve (1913)
Under the guise of stabilizing the economy, the Federal Reserve centralized monetary power, enabling endless debt cycles and inflationary policies that benefit elites while burdening taxpayers.

·       World War I and the Propaganda Machine
The Committee on Public Information manipulated public opinion to support U.S. entry into WWI, proving how government can manufacture consent for war.

·       The Great Depression and Banking Consolidation
Policies during the Depression allowed major banks to absorb smaller institutions, concentrating financial power and deepening government control over the economy.

·       Vietnam War and the Gulf of Tonkin Incident (1964)
A fabricated attack was used to justify escalation, demonstrating how false narratives can lead to catastrophic wars.

·       CIA Coups and Foreign Interventions
From Iran (1953) to Chile (1973), covert operations toppled governments to serve U.S. corporate and geopolitical interests—actions hidden from public scrutiny.

·       9/11 and the Patriot Act (2001)
The attacks became a pretext for mass surveillance, indefinite detention, and erosion of civil liberties—all under the banner of “security.”

·       2008 Financial Crisis and Bank Bailouts
Wall Street’s reckless behavior triggered the collapse, yet taxpayers funded bailouts while executives walked away with bonuses—proof of systemic Corruption.

·       COVID-19 Response (2020)
Lockdowns, mandates, and censorship consolidated state power, while pharmaceutical giants reaped billions from rushed vaccines.

The Federal Reserve: The Engine of State Power

The creation of the Federal Reserve in 1913 marked a turning point in American governance.  Sold to the public as a stabilizing force for the economy, the Fed became the ultimate tool for centralizing financial control.  Here’s why its role is pivotal in the rise of the Deep State:

·         Monetary Monopoly
By granting a small group of unelected bankers control over the money supply, the Fed enabled endless cycles of inflation and debt.  This monopoly allows the government to finance wars, bailouts, and social programs without direct taxpayer consent—through the hidden tax of currency devaluation.

·         Debt-Fueled Empire
The Fed’s ability to create money out of thin air underpins America’s global military presence.  Trillions in deficit spending for wars and foreign interventions would be impossible without this mechanism.

·         Boom-Bust Manipulation
Artificial interest rate policies create bubbles and crashes, which the state uses to justify more regulation and intervention.  The Great Depression, the 2008 financial crisis, and even recent economic chaos all trace back to Fed-driven distortions.

·         Erosion of Liberty
Central banking concentrates power in the hands of elites, stripping citizens of economic sovereignty.  Every dollar printed without backing represents a transfer of wealth from the public to the state and its corporate allies.

Hayek on Government Control of Money

  • “The History of government management of money has, except for a few short happy periods, been one of incessant fraud and deception.”

    — Friedrich A. Hayek, The Constitution of Liberty

  • “I don’t believe we shall ever have a good money again before we take the thing out of the hands of government… all we can do is by some sly roundabout way introduce something that they can’t stop.”

    — Friedrich A. Hayek

Hayek on Central Planning and Power

  • “The reasons why the adoption of a system of central planning necessarily produces a totalitarian system are fairly simple.  Whoever controls the means must decide which ends they are to serve.”

    — Friedrich A. Hayek, The Road to Serfdom

  • “Emergencies have always been the pretext on which the safeguards of individual liberty have been eroded.”

    — Friedrich A. Hayek, Law, Legislation and Liberty

Rothbard on the Federal Reserve and Inflation

  • “Unlike the days of the Gold standard, the Federal Reserve can’t go bankrupt; it holds the legal monopoly of counterfeiting (of creating money out of thin air) in the entire country.”

    — Murray Rothbard, The Case Against the Fed

  • “If the chronic inflation undergone by Americans, and in almost every other country, is caused by the continuing creation of new money, and if in each country its governmental ‘Central Bank’ (in the United States, the Federal Reserve) is the sole monopoly source and creator of all money, who then is responsible for the blight of inflation?  Who, except the very institution that is solely empowered to create money, that is, the Fed.”

Reforms to Reduce Deep State Power

1.  End the Federal Reserve Monopoly

  • Audit and dismantle the Fed’s control over the money supply.
  • Transition to sound money backed by tangible assets (e.g., Gold or decentralized alternatives like Bitcoin).
  • Prohibit the government from creating money out of thin air to fund wars and bailouts.

2.  Impose Term Limits and Bureaucratic Rotation

  • Limit terms for Congress and senior agency officials to prevent entrenched power.
  • Rotate leadership in federal agencies to break long-standing networks of influence.

3.  Reinstate Constitutional Checks

  • Require Congressional declarations of war for any military action.
  • Ban executive overreach through emergency powers that erode civil liberties.

4.  End Surveillance State

  • Repeal laws like the Patriot Act that enable mass data collection.
  • Enforce strict privacy protections and dismantle blanket monitoring programs.

5.  Decentralize Power

  • Shift authority from federal agencies back to states and local governments.
  • Encourage competitive governance to reduce centralized control.

6.  Ban Corporate-Government Collusion

  • Prohibit revolving-door employment between regulators and corporations.
  • Criminalize lobbying practices that buy influence and policy.

7.  Transparency and Accountability

  • Mandate public audits of all federal agencies.
  • Require full disclosure of government contracts, especially defense and pharma.

8.  End Perpetual Wars

  • Close overseas military bases that serve empire-building rather than defense.
  • Redirect resources to domestic priorities rather than to foreign interventions.

9.  Protect Financial Freedom

  • Resist Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) that enable total surveillance.
  • Promote decentralized finance and individual control over assets.

10.  Restore Individual Liberty

  • Repeal laws that criminalize victimless acts and expand state power.
  • Reinforce constitutional rights against arbitrary mandates and lockdowns.

Closing Paragraph:

History shows that the greatest threat to liberty is not an external enemy but the unchecked power within.  From the creation of the Federal Reserve to endless wars, surveillance, and manufactured crises, the Deep State has entrenched itself as the true architect of America’s decline.  Hayek warned that government control of money leads to tyranny, and Rothbard exposed the Fed as the engine of inflation and deception.  Today, as digital IDs and centralized currencies loom, the question is no longer whether the empire will fall—it’s whether citizens will awaken before they are herded into the final cage of control.  The enemy is not China, Russia, or Iran.  It is the leviathan within.  Will we dismantle it, or will we watch freedom vanish into the dust of History?