The end of the post WWII liberal consensus and the emergence of a new fascism? | 21 comments (21 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: ... the emergence of a new fascism? (4.00 / 2)

"....started for the Republicans under Barry Goldwater (1964)and it went underground but quietly expanded"

It didn't go very far underground.

Rick Perlstein's books on Goldwater, Nixon, and then Reagan will lay the whole story out for you: Before the Storm, Nixonland, The Invisible Bridge, and Reaganland. These authoritarian bastards have never stopped working on getting and keeping power. They won't stop even if there beaten to a pulp by this election or any other because they know their birthright is to rule over all, arrogantly stupid as they are.

Solar IS Civil Defense

by gmoke on Sun Nov 3rd, 2024 at 08:29:28 PM EST
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Re: ... the emergence of a new fascism? (none / 1)

Reaganland Is the Riveting Conclusion to a Story That Still Isn't Over | Slate - 2020 |

Thx! Much appreciated 😊

'Sapere aude'

by Oui (Oui) on Sun Nov 3rd, 2024 at 09:07:56 PM EST
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The historian of the Republican Party, Heather Cox Richardson, has detailed the origins of what she called "Movement Conservatives" in a couple of her books as well as several articles. The post-war impulse was pioneered by William Buckley, Jr. and his schizophrenic brother-in-law L. Brent Bozell under the shadow of McCarthy. It effectively went mainstream with Goldwater. See, "How the South Won the Civil War" among others.

by de Gondi (publiobestia aaaatttthotmaildaughtusual) on Mon Nov 4th, 2024 at 07:43:59 AM EST
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My last diary here @ET

JBS Hidden from Public Scrutiny

The John Birch Society (JBS), or Birchers, as Matthew Dallek calls them in his new history, slots into a long genealogy of rightwing conspiracy movements that date back to the republic's founding.

'Sapere aude'

by Oui (Oui) on Wed Nov 6th, 2024 at 08:02:18 AM EST
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The end of the post WWII liberal consensus and the emergence of a new fascism? | 21 comments (21 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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