If you think Americans are asleep re the deep state, then you should compare how much Catholics are asleep re the pope. It's astonishing how little they know.
I live in a heavily Catholic country, with a Catholic spouse. Any news article regarding the Pope is just your typical good feels. When I explain how he was installed by the deep state, and has been covering pedo crimes of epic proportions, the response I get is just cognitive disconnect. Does not compute.