Just read an ironic piece.

[nadinbrzezinski]

In gaming fiction, since it applies to the current US

Imagine politicians who are forced into almost constant campaigning and a strong public service with bureaucrats controlling things, with a secret agency being the true power behind all?

I had to laugh. With Citizens United we are in the age of constant campaigning and staff has developed expertise beyond that of the pols they serve. Some might even argue the national security state does control a lot of what goes on behind the shadows...

Art, as always, is a mirror...and this being a Canadian work...(Heavy Gear, Southern Field Guide write up on the Southern Republic). I confess, I read this paragraph a few times and had a good laugh.