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The Real Deep State: Ron Paul’s Warning You Can’t Afford to Ignore

EDITOR'S NOTES

I just read Ron Paul’s recent piece, It Didn’t Start with Trump,” and let me tell you—he’s not just preaching to the choir, he’s reminding us how deep the rot goes. Paul, ever the principled libertarian, isn’t defending Trump per se—he’s pulling back the curtain on decades of weaponized bureaucracy. And he’s dead right. This isn’t about one man or one party. It’s about a regime that uses every federal tentacle—IRS, DOJ, FCC, FBI—to crush dissent and protect itself. What follows is my own breakdown and commentary on what Paul said, and why it should scare the hell out of anyone who still thinks we live in a free country.

The Surveillance Hydra Didn’t Grow Overnight

Ron Paul doesn’t waste time with cheap partisanship. He traces this abuse of power back to Roosevelt, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon—and every administration since. What’s the common thread? Powerful government agencies being used as political weapons. And that’s not a conspiracy theory—that’s historical fact.

Most Americans remember Nixon’s enemies list, but forget that FDR used the IRS against newspaper publishers. Or that JFK and LBJ hijacked the FCC to silence conservative radio voices. Paul’s point is crystal clear: the state is always looking for a reason—any reason—to muzzle opposition. And once a government agency is given that kind of power, it doesn’t just go away. It metastasizes.

This Isn’t About Trump—It’s About You

It’s easy to dismiss all of this as partisan drama if you’re still glued to CNN or Fox. But look closer: the machinery that’s been turned against Trump’s supporters today was built long before him. The IRS that audited Tea Party groups under Obama is the same one that went after antiwar voices under Bush. Same agency, different targets. Same outcome—dissent crushed.

The federal government doesn’t need a president’s direct order to turn its guns inward. Ambitious bureaucrats do it willingly. Why? To climb the ranks. To get favors. To “protect democracy,” they tell themselves. And they’ll happily violate your rights if it means maintaining the illusion of order and control.

They’ve Criminalized Dissent

When the DHS labels Ron Paul bumper stickers as potential signs of extremism, you know we’ve passed the event horizon. And when people are thrown in prison—not for violence, but for merely being present at the Capitol on January 6—you see the real game: conform or be crushed. That’s the message.

Paul’s warning is simple, and it’s not rooted in paranoia—it’s grounded in decades of observable government behavior. This isn’t about right vs. left. It’s about liberty vs. control.

The Welfare-Warfare State Is the Real Enemy

Ron Paul names the real beast: the welfare-warfare-regulatory state. A system so bloated and unaccountable that no election, no “good president,” no Supreme Court ruling will ever tame it. You can’t reform Leviathan—you can only starve it.

Every new regulation, every agency expansion, every “emergency measure” brings us one step closer to total control. The Constitution? They use it as a prop. Jefferson had it right—“bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution.” But instead, we’re out here watching the chains get melted down for scrap.

What Now? Wake Up Before It’s Too Late

Ron Paul isn’t calling for revolution. He’s calling for radical decentralization. Shrink the federal behemoth until it can’t destroy lives with the flick of a pen or the click of a keyboard. End the surveillance. Abolish the weaponized IRS. Get the feds out of media, money, and your life.

Because if you think it’s just “the other guy” getting targeted, wait until your views fall out of favor.

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