To explain it in bitcoin terms some of you might understand:

the deep state is the nodes who maintain the ledger

The deep state is what prevents someone who temporary acquires a 51% majority from rewriting everything to their liking

The deep state prevent dictators and tyrannical majorities alike from cleaning house and installing stooges

If a nation has fallen into tyranny it’s because the deep state has failed nostr:note13jsdj7ag8lp8erjkffh4ghvzue97sh0g3whetedkp6dex9e2uqrssnnrtp