David RobertsI know I've said this a trillion times but I have to say it periodically to keep from going insane:
The right ran a huge, well-funded, & ultimately successful campaign to completely take over political media & the infosphere more generally. This is by far the most important political development...
Lsamuelson57@volts.wtf
Lewis Powell: "Letter to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce", 1971. Originally intended to be secret, it eventually came out.
He proposed buying and controlling media, attacking higher education as well as other processes intended to push public opinion rightward.
Powell went on to be a Supreme Court justice.
Robert Bork in the1980's defanged antitrust enforcement, encouraging the merger and acquisition spree that continues today.
All intended to limit power of citizens.