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 The Story...

A story became public in with Ronald Reagan who was quoted the ten worst words a person can say, "I am from the government and here to help." Since then, Republicans, Evangelicals, and Libertarians have set out to paint all aspects of the government as bad, corrupted, and it has culminated as the conspiracy theory of the "Deep State". This story has a hold on many Americans who believe the elected officials (all except their own) are corrupt. and anyone who works in federal agencies. They have furthered this story by allowing money to be labeled 'free speech' so billionaires can funnel tens and hundreds of millions of dollars into the elections so they can reap billions of dollars in tax rebates and less and less government oversight. So that corruption can reign and while they reap the benefits, they can holla about those crooked and un-American socialists and communists.
This story governs the Trump Administration and while the keys of the kingdom are being handed over to Elon Musk and leadership of his cabinet who are not for the average citizen, but will work for the interests of the top 10%. All the agencies, grants, and federal spending is being flagged as criminal and added bonus of saying there were kickbacks, has been passed by Congress and signed by the White House. There are government agencies (GOA) and people (Inspectors General) who already look for corruption and kick backs and they do find and correct such criminal acts. But under the "Deep State", they can't be trusted so we need just one person to take charge (whether this is Trump or Musk I am not sure).
The founders set out to create 'more perfect union'. We are not perfect and can do a lot better. But we need a good partner. The Republicans who are under MAGA's thumb want our government to fail, if not outright burn it down. MAGA has no trust in our almost 250 years of democracy, which has corrected itself to face the challenges that have arisen and those that were there from the start (like slavery and the three-fifths compromise).
This is a story that ducks accountability, places blame on the nameless "Deep State" officials, the minorities, and immigrants who aren't like us. In this story, there are "real Americans" who believe they need to fight to go back to the original Constitution where white men ran the country, the churches, the businesses, and the home. This was never the story of our nation and I hope it will never be, for we have always been a diverse country with many stories of our communities, states, and history.

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