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House of Cards Season Finale and the Deep State
from Father Kump · #48
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3 minTim and Ray review the just-finished House of Cards season, debate its quality across seasons, joke about the show's body count versus real American deaths, and pivot into a discussion of the deep state and corporate power versus the CIA.
- 16:52Tim ranks House of Cards as fun but not elite—below The Sopranos, The Wire, The Shield, and The Americans.
- 17:11The show's problem is needing to constantly top itself and become progressively more ridiculous each season.
- 17:56Tim dismisses the idea that the country is actually run like House of Cards, noting the show has only killed seven or eight people total across all seasons.
- 18:21The show at least acknowledges the wheels of power behind the presidency, which is interesting even if not entirely accurate.
- 18:39The deep state—unelected power brokers and institutions like the CIA and FBI that have existed for decades.
- 18:59The head of McDonald's probably has more actual power and influence than some CIA guys.
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