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[–] xenoclast 11 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yeah.. let's talk about Trickle Down economics if you want to see pre Trump examples of the same agenda.

[–] nomous 9 points 4 months ago (2 children)

This seems like a good spot to recommend Roberts Evans Behind the Bastards: How Conservatism Won. in which "Robert sits down with David Bell to discuss how a consortium of rich failsons got together to fund a network of right wing think tanks and shift American culture in a fun new direction. (note: it was not actually fun at all)." It's a bit long but is very informative.

tl;dr the rich hated FDRs New Deal and immediately set about undoing everything it touched, they want a return to the gilded age with themselves as the robber barons and gentry and everyone else as a subservient underclass

[–] xenoclast 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] nomous 2 points 4 months ago

Evans for President

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Agreed, excellent recommendation.