{"id":612,"date":"2026-03-02T16:13:04","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T16:13:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/7stones.com\/?p=612"},"modified":"2026-03-02T16:13:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T16:13:04","slug":"i-thank-whatever-gods-may-be","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/7stones.com\/?p=612","title":{"rendered":"I thank whatever gods may be"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"818\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/7stones.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/68bf4b75-5873-409f-83ac-967e8d8af75d-37873-000008e33823a2bb_file-818x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-609\" srcset=\"http:\/\/7stones.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/68bf4b75-5873-409f-83ac-967e8d8af75d-37873-000008e33823a2bb_file-818x1024.jpg 818w, http:\/\/7stones.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/68bf4b75-5873-409f-83ac-967e8d8af75d-37873-000008e33823a2bb_file-240x300.jpg 240w, http:\/\/7stones.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/68bf4b75-5873-409f-83ac-967e8d8af75d-37873-000008e33823a2bb_file-768x962.jpg 768w, http:\/\/7stones.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/68bf4b75-5873-409f-83ac-967e8d8af75d-37873-000008e33823a2bb_file.jpg 1122w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The idea of a Deep State pulling the strings of culture and economics is not an unverifiable conspiracy theory; it\u2019s a mathematical socio-political inevitability.&nbsp; The deepest of them will resort to assassination, either real, or just of reputations, to protect their entrenched interests.&nbsp; All I can say is: thank the gods he missed; and the attacks on his reputation were so transparent.&nbsp; For had the ditherer won, we\u2019d be in fucking deep shit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The idea of a Deep State pulling the strings of culture and economics is not an unverifiable conspiracy theory; it\u2019s a mathematical socio-political inevitability.&nbsp; The deepest of them will resort to assassination, either real, or just of reputations, to protect their entrenched interests.&nbsp; All I can say is: thank the gods he missed; and the &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/7stones.com\/?p=612\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;I thank whatever gods may be&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/7stones.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/7stones.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/7stones.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/7stones.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/7stones.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=612"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/7stones.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":613,"href":"http:\/\/7stones.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612\/revisions\/613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/7stones.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/7stones.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/7stones.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}