The GOP’s 60-Year Conspiracy to Kill Our Democracy
None Dare Call It Treason"But I Will
It all traces back to billionaire-backed fearmongering in the 1960s"weaponizing panic around socialism and communism to crush unions, cut taxes, and hoard profits... Thom Hartmann
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"Ironically, Stormer's book and the movement it ignited within the GOP is largely responsible for that party today standing on the precipice of fully endorsing fascism as an alternative to democracy in the US.
And it was started by morbidly rich men (it was all men back then) who wanted to use the threat of a "communist menace" to gut the union movement to increase their own corporate profits and CEO pay."
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The article is a revealing read; an accurate history of what got us where we are today, from Burke to Kirk.
#1 | Posted by Corky at 2026-04-16 10:51 PM | Reply
Half conspiracy, half out in the open.
Newt Gingrich was pretty open about his plans to destroy American prosperity.
And Trump was completely transparent abouy his.
"It all traces back to billionaire-backed fearmongering in the 1960s"
They foamed the runway for this with the 1950s Gay Panic. Because of course they were the true predators.
The men who were raised on those values here are the ones CONSTANTLY talking about men's penises an women with penises.
#2 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-04-16 11:05 PM | Reply
- The men who were raised on those values here are the ones CONSTANTLY talking about men's penises and women with penises.
Same guys who are caught toe-tapping in public restrooms, fondling their wrestling students, beating their wives, and raping 13 year olds of both sexes.
#3 | Posted by Corky at 2026-04-16 11:17 PM | Reply
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