The GOP's 60-Year Conspiracy to Kill Our Democracy ... But I Will

Friday, April 17, 2026

Thom Hartmann: 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 ...

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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

@#2 ... Newt Gingrich was pretty open about his plans to destroy American prosperity. ...

Yeah, he seems to have brought that concept to the fore.

#4 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-04-17 10:29 PM | Reply

Kill democracy? How does one kill something they never had?

#5 | Posted by MSgt at 2026-04-18 09:29 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

what a effing laugh....

the party who selected an illiterate ---- approved by billionaires in a back room

with not one GD vote from anyone on the planet puking out some idiotic dribble

about a conspiracy to kill " our democracy"......which again intellectual zombies continue

to use an ignorant phrase to prove how ridiculous this entire notion ( thread ) is......

and don't try and tell me that she got votes from delegates at a convention when they

had absolutely no choice but to vote for her....saying that is as stupid and ill informed as saying that

trump will put troops on the ground in iraq or that jimmy kimmel is a comedian.

#6 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2026-04-18 09:51 AM | Reply

There are none so blind as those who refuse to see.

#7 | Posted by dutch46 at 2026-04-18 10:39 AM | Reply

Democracy? Where?

Not here..

#8 | Posted by boazreborn at 2026-04-18 11:52 AM | Reply

Democracy? Where?

Not here..

#8 | POSTED BY BOAZREBORN

Still living in that fantasyland?

This government of the people by the people and for the people shall not be dismissed and will not be vanquished that easily.

The United States is a representative democracy and a constitutional republic, where citizens elect officials to represent them rather than voting directly on all laws. It operates as a federal system with power shared between national and state governments, bound by a constitution.

And as long as I am alive it will stay that way.

Semper Fi

#9 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-04-18 12:09 PM | Reply

#8 boazreborn says (of democracy in America), "Not here.."

Grab a dictionary, pull up a chair and let me teach you something useful:

The only thing in America that represents a "republic" is the presidency, which in itself is a product of racist engineering (the Electoral College).

(No wonder you love it so.)

Meanwhile, every single elected position below POTUS is filled though democratic means.

Your local dog catcher is filled though democratic means.

Your mayor and county/parish executives are filled though democratic means.

Your state representatives/state senators are filled though democratic means.

Your governor is filled though democratic means.

Your US congressperson is filled though democratic means.

Your US Senators are filled though democratic means.

So, wipe the unsightly dribble of white supremacy from your virtual chin and live in the real world, Major DEI Boazo"reborn".

#10 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-04-18 04:25 PM | Reply