1) According to Peter Dale Scott, para politics a system, or practice of politics in which accountability is consciously diminished. Generally speaking, covert politics, is the conduct of public affairs,
2) not by rational debate and responsible decision-making, but by indirection, collusion and deceit. Also defined as the political exploitation of
3) irresponsible agencies and para structures, such as the intelligence agency. In researching para politics he found a system or practice of politics in which accountability is consciously diminished.
4) Isn’t that exactly where we are today? Para politics is only one manifestation of deep politics, which is all those political practices and arrangements deliberate or not,
5) which are usually repressed rather than acknowledged.
Covert power is like nuclear power. It produces noisome and life-threatening byproducts which cumulatively are more and more threatening to the
Covert power is like nuclear power. It produces noisome and life-threatening byproducts which cumulatively are more and more threatening to the
6) environment they supposedly served. The byproducts of covert power include trained terrorists, who, in the end are likely to target their former employers.
7) The incriminating relations to government which hinder these terrorists’ prosecution and the ensuing corruption of society at large destroys countries pursuing these policies.
8) The result is deep politics: the immersion of public political life in an immobilizing substratum of unspeakable scandal and bad faith. The result in practice is 911.
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