Could the Deep State have made such long term plans?
Yes, they could, as they did in co-opting the education system into a propaganda brainwashing system.
I still think that Gen. Flynn was a better choice, but I'm no chess master.

My dad's side of the family are hillbillies from eastern Kentucky, so I had a Mamaw, too.
Think I must pick up a copy of this book; I may be able to relate to Mr. Vance.

No, JD Vance is the author of that memoir.
Here is a quote from the Forward of the book:
"So I didn’t write this book because I’ve accomplished something extraordinary. I wrote this book because I’ve achieved something quite ordinary, which doesn’t happen to most kids who grow up like me. You see, I grew up poor, in the Rust Belt, in an Ohio steel town that has been hemorrhaging jobs and hope for as long as I can remember. I have, to put it mildly, a complex relationship with my parents, one of whom has struggled with addiction for nearly my entire life. My grandparents, neither of whom graduated from high school, raised me, and few members of even my extended family attended college. The statistics tell you that kids like me face a grim future—that if they’re lucky, they’ll manage to avoid welfare; and if they’re unlucky, they’ll die of a heroin overdose, as happened to dozens in my small hometown just last year.
I was one of those kids with a grim future. I almost failed out of high school. I nearly gave in to the deep anger and resentment harbored by everyone around me. Today people look at me, at my job and my Ivy League credentials, and assume that I’m some sort of genius, that only a truly extraordinary person could have made it to where I am today. With all due respect to those people, I think that theory is a load of bullshit. Whatever talents I have, I almost squandered until a handful of loving people rescued me.
That is the real story of my life, and that is why I wrote this book. I want people to know what it feels like to nearly give up on yourself and why you might do it. I want people to understand what happens in the lives of the poor and the psychological impact that spiritual and material poverty has on their children. I want people to understand the American Dream as my family and I encountered it. I want people to understand how upward mobility really feels. And I want people to understand something I learned only recently: that for those of us lucky enough to live the American Dream, the demons of the life we left behind continue to chase us."

Netfilx made a movie of the book.

agreed
and things that reduce dependence upon government


FFA, if you have Netflix, watch a series called "The Days" about the earthquake and Fukashima nuke plant

very scary that the people that built the damn thing were so stupid
(low sea wall, not enough planning for disaster, ect.)

i pray we can figure out fusion sooner than later

I agree with your rational conclusion. 👍