READ!

Jane Mayer, Dark Money (2016)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Money_(book)

Nancy MacLean, Democracy in Chains (2019)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_in_Chains

Gary Allen, None Dare Call It Conspiracy (1970)
https://archive.org/details/none-dare-call-it-conspiracy_202101

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conservative advocacy/lobbying
political/legal state capture
deregulation: anti-union/taxation libertarianism
eradication of social programs/public education/benefits

#billionaires #CharlesKock #ElonMusk #RichardUihlein #NelsonPelz #TimothyMellon #BarreSeid #PaulSinger #PeterThiel #libertarianism #GOP #protofascism #plutocracy #oligarchy #meritocracy #disinformation #WealthTax