{"id":6116,"date":"2024-09-11T00:48:09","date_gmt":"2024-09-11T00:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/green-liberty.org\/ctp\/?p=6116"},"modified":"2024-09-19T19:48:32","modified_gmt":"2024-09-19T19:48:32","slug":"the-us-chain-of-command","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/green-liberty.org\/ctp\/the-us-chain-of-command\/","title":{"rendered":"The US Chain of Command"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I made up this diagram for the chain of command in the United States back in 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although obviously I had to make educated guesses about many parts, I do not think it was far off. Now we have the emergence of Google, Amazon, Facebook, Open AI, Oracle, as Microsoft massive information pirates and warlords, so things have changed a little.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6b8a2b4d-38d3-46be-84d8-078e129825c1_1020x1474.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6b8a2b4d-38d3-46be-84d8-078e129825c1_1020x1474.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is a similar chart for understanding the political economy from that time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F849ad5dd-af38-4f91-82c1-5a675b4d074c_750x1875.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F849ad5dd-af38-4f91-82c1-5a675b4d074c_750x1875.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The point here is that it is critical for ordinary citizens to have a basic grasp of how the entire system works\u2014much more critical than any specific bit of information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I made up this diagram for the chain of command in the United States back in 2020. Although obviously I had to make educated guesses about many parts, I do not think it was far off. 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