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"THE ‘REVOLT OF THE RICH’: HOW THE 1970S RESHAPED AMERICA’S ECONOMIC DIVIDE"

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...👉besy summary of the US's 🇺🇸 political economy with a focus on the #AmericanRight that I've read so far.👈

I could only find fault at 3 things:

1) Why is there no mention of the major role of #NobelLaureate #JamesBuchanan? 1)

2) Why does...

1)
https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/112598602729129143

@GhostOnTheHalfShell @Jeramee @GreenFire @mina @SnowshadowII @bookwyrm @bookstodon

I genuinely wonder about people today. I like to keeo a few #rightwing people in my feeds (it does make my blood boil) but I'm aware of the risks of #bubbling myself, so its mostly worth while.
But some people really take the ticket. A #gay #immigrant living in #Switzerland that is a #gunnut #AFDsupporter and is mad for the #AmericanRight and #Trump
At this stage I have to assume he's sincere, and the only points that he seems to be focused on are (1) not paying any taxes and (2) owning guns
The Real Reason Trump Loves Putin

A new book explores the American right’s tendency to admire and want to emulate foreign dictators.

The Atlantic

America Last The Right's Century-Long Romance with Foreign Dictators by Jacob Heilbrunn

A leading journalist and public intellectual explains the long, disturbing history behind the American Right's embrace of foreign dictators, from Kaiser Wilhelm and Mussolini to Putin and Orban.

@bookstodon
#books
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#dictators

@willbunch @GottaLaff

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...today is rigged, 👈..."

And you, know what, the #AmericanRight is right: absolutely everything of the #AmericanExperiment *has been rigged...but in their favor!*

As #MatthewCooke explains:

https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/110165312256815112

So, by having tried to slowly "un-rig" the system through the #NewDeal (e.g. #Italians were originally not seen as #Whites) and such...

Books: The Eliminationists: How Hate Talk Radicalized the American Right by David Neiwert (9780981576985), Buy Online

Find out about the book 'The Eliminationists: How Hate Talk Radicalized the American Right' by David Neiwert