S2/E8: Politicaltucky Pt. 2: The Deep State Can't Reset Its Password

Two weeks out from the election and the deep state is everywhere. I want to approach this charitably, because the underlying concern — that powerful institutions operate without sufficient public accountability — is a legitimate one. The problem is the version being shared online requires a secret global government to be simultaneously omnipotent and completely invisible. Today we're looking at the actual technical infrastructure that runs democratic states — the procurement systems, the databases, the legacy software — and asking whether the organisation that loses your passport application is plausibly also orchestrating every geopolitical event on Earth. Let's get our hands into the plumbing behind a few government systems and find all your old student IDs.

Thank you geralt for the fine cover art @Pixabay