Alan: Republican presidential candidate, Pat Buchanan, the living American who has served longest as a White House senior staff adviser, observed: “The Republican philosophy might be summarized thus: To hell with principle; what matters is power, and that we have it, and that they do not.” “Where the Right Went Wrong"
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https://newsfrombarbaria.blogspot.com/2020/09/there-is-neither-nobility-nor-kindness.htmlBe sure to read the comments below.
Nancy McLean, in "Democracy in Chains", laid out a massive trove of documents showing how the GOP got to where it is now. It started with Brown v Board, was accelerated with Nixon's Southern Strategy, annd was accelerated anew by Gingrich's Tea Party, and was authenticated by the 2000 and 2010 census returns showing white people will be a minority by 2040. Their goal is to replace the democratic republic with a minority rule over a society consisting of 'the riders and the ridden.'
ReplyDeleteI remember when you introduced me to Duke History Professor Nancy MacLean's important - even linchpin - work.
ReplyDeleteThanks!
Here is a talk MacLean gave in Vancouver: "The Rise Of The Radical Right" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCb38QC4ofU (MacLean gets on a roll around the 7 minute mark.)
And here a talk MacClean gave at Harvard Law School about her landmark book, "Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America" on October 16, 2917 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eowEmcS75JM